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St Mungo's

Outreach Worker - Roma Rough Sleeper Team

Job Type

Fixed Term

Reference 

n/a

Salary

Location

£36,970-£40,619

Posted Date

22 November 2024

London

Closing Date

4 December 2024

About The Role

Do you want to work in a role where you can use your language skills to support an end to rough sleeping?

This opportunity is offered as a 6 month fixed term contract, or secondment for internal applicants.

Our belief is that rough sleeping is an intrinsically harmful and dangerous activity both for the individual and for the wider community. Therefore, we take a proactive and assertive approach to supporting people away from this activity. Our aim is to support people to recover from the effects of rough sleep and move away from a street lifestyle permanently.

We are looking for a dynamic, self-driven person with relevant language skills to support the Roma Rough Sleeper Team as a Roma Mediator, working across central London boroughs.

In this vital role you will:

Undertake Street outreach shifts where you will be involved in making contact with people who are sleeping rough, assessing their needs and delivering personalised case management; to support individuals to make the move away from the streets.
Support teams of Street Outreach Workers to deliver accessible services and ensure that contact is made and sustained with Roma people sleeping rough.
Ensure the assessments made and the support offered are appropriate and relevant for the client group and that Roma people are supported to engage with the available services.
Work in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams and agencies and advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of Roma people with external agencies regarding their welfare rights and other support needs.
About you

Above all we are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals who have a genuine interest in supporting people to rebuild their lives. Even if you don’t think you match 100 % of the criteria, we would still like to hear from you as we value transferable skills. Potential can be equally as important as experience.

If you can demonstrate the below, we encourage you to apply!

For this role it is essential that candidates possess Roma or Romanian language skills.
You will be able to demonstrate some experience of supporting people with multiple needs and managing challenging behaviour.
You may have previous experience of supporting Roma people to access services and/or entitlements is beneficial for this role.
You will have an understanding of housing and health, work and immigration services and legislation and how this affects people experiencing homelessness.
You can show good communication skills, the ability to build positive working relationships with a variety of different people and effectively working well with others.
St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from Roma candidates, alongside all under-represented groups.

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