- 37.5 hours per week
- 12-month fixed-term contract
- Merton/Sutton (1 day per week in Twickenham office)
- £30,364 per annum
Are you passionate about making a real difference in your community? At SPEAR, we’ve been helping people break the cycle of homelessness for over 35 years. Now, we’re looking for a dedicated Outreach Worker to join our team and support rough sleepers across Merton and Sutton on their journey to lasting independence.
The role
As an Outreach Worker, you’ll be on the frontline – reaching out to some of the most marginalised individuals in our society. You’ll work flexibly in shift patterns to identify and engage with rough sleepers, including those who may be reluctant to accept help at first. With empathy and determination, you’ll build trust, manage a caseload, and offer consistent support as clients take their first steps away from the streets.
Your benefits
– 34 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with length of service
– Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
– Enhanced occupational sick pay
– Enrolment into our pension scheme after three months’ service
– Yearly eye care vouchers
Your perks
– 24-hour access to confidential counselling services (EAP)
– Free staff wellbeing sessions
– Flexible working
– Free moving house day
– Staff interest-free loan and season ticket loans
– Cycle to work scheme and free parking at some sites
Once you join us, you will be eligible for a whole host of benefits. Need a day off to move house? We can do that. Want to be out in nature every day and cycle to work? No problem. Need to know you’ll be financially secure whether you’re sick, having a child, or simply in the future? We’ve got that covered with sick pay, parental leave, and a pension scheme.
We will also ensure your mental wellbeing can be your number one priority through access to a confidential counselling service, so you can go home every day, knowing your hard work is helping some of those most marginalised in society move from homelessness to independence.