The Service & Team:
The Rough Sleeper Service works to prevent people sleeping rough and to help them move away from sleeping on the street. Where someone does end up sleeping rough, the service intervenes to try and ensure that this episode is rare, brief and non-recurring.
The Role:
Based within a Locality Team, as part of the wider Rough Sleeping Service, the post holder will work with people on their journey from rough sleeping through to independence. They will support the individual in their recovery to move from the street into accommodation, access support to address personal needs, find employment, undertake training, develop budgeting skills, cultivate positive social circles and be better equipped to maintain their accommodation and independence and avoid returning to the street. Support needs will range from low to very complex and including, but not limited to, drug and alcohol addiction, offending history, poor mental health, financial difficulty and physical health problems.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What you’ll need to succeed:
You will have a can-do positive attitude, seeking and using best practice from across the sector, valuing contributions from colleagues and service users alike.
You will regularly use reflective practice with your team to sense check service delivery.
You will have an agile, dynamic, creative and solution focused approach, which is tailored to the needs of the individual, employing a trauma informed and strengths-based approach.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert.
What you’ll get in return:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
The full role profile is attached here .
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact:
Jake Parsons West Resettlement Team Manager - [email protected]
or
Stephen Brain West Resettlement Supervisor - [email protected]
Application Process:
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
