Rough Sleeper Outreach Worker

Who are we…
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

We are incredibly proud of the work that we do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of our services, and we have supported over 90,000 people across all our services last year. Check out our impact report here to read more about the important work that we have done.

About the role…

The County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service supports residents across the County with substance misuse issues from three recovery centres (Durham, Horden, and Bishop Auckland) and a wide range of community venues. To further strengthen the support offered by the service, we have additional funding for a Rough Sleeper Outreach Workers for County Durham.

This post will work in close partnership with Durham County Councils’ Housing Team local authority and a number of key stakeholders to pro-actively engage with individuals sleeping rough to enable access to sustainable, safe accommodation. A crucial element of this role will be supporting people to overcome the challenges their drug and/or alcohol use may create in relation to finding and keeping a safe place to live. This is a fixed term post until March 2024.

The successful post holder will match Humankind’s ambition, and commitment to provide the highest standards of service delivery across County Durham and Darlington, engaging with local people and supporting their priorities

Main duties of the role will include:

• Working proactively to engage vulnerable people sleeping rough in County Durham to receive specialist support to treat and recover from substance misuse problems. This will include weekly sweeps outside of core hours alongside DCC’s Rough Sleeper teams.
• Preventing and reducing rough sleeping by helping individuals to move into supported, more permanent accommodation.
• Creating and improving networks and signposting opportunities by improving communications and pathways between services to ensure a seamless holistic package of care for individuals.

Please review the job description/person specification prior to applying for this position here.

Interviews for this role are due to take place on Wednesday 14th June.

What can Humankind offer you…
Humankind is an equal opportunities employer
If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don’t feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.

We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. If you require support with your application or would like to request a paper application, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01325 731 160, alternatively you can email us at people.recruitment@humankindcharity.org.uk