Job Description

The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields (CSTM) provides services which help 4000 homeless people each year in London avoid, move away from and stay off the streets. The charity has an annual turnover of £4.2m, a staff team of 80 and 50 regular volunteers.

We have recently created a new service model, strategy and refreshed values, to incorporate client co-production and a strengths based approach to working with people who have multiple and complex needs. The Housing and Resettlement Advisor will deliver CSTM’s housing and resettlement service, working with clients to move towards recovery and access suitable accommodation in London and other parts of the UK. The Mental Health lead will provide case work support to individuals with complex mental health presentations, act as a knowledge broker to the wider staff team(s) regarding mental health issues and interventions, and work closely with statutory and voluntary mental health service providers.

Due to the sensitive nature of the role and the composition of our existing team, we are recruiting specifically for a Male Housing and Resettlement Advisor (mental health lead). This role is only available to male applicants as permitted under the Equality Act 2010. This will allow us to effectively and comfortably provide case work support to vulnerable male clients.

You will work within our Housing and Resettlement Team to:

• Deliver specialist, strengths based assessment and structured recovery case management with clients who have multiple and complex needs, particularly those individuals with complex mental health presentations
• Offer detailed advice, referrals and facilitated access into appropriate housing and wider support services
• Deliver a pro-active, supported reconnections service to facilitate a return to local area of origin or another area as deemed appropriate
• Work in partnership with other organisations from the public, private and voluntary sector to enhance our services for clients including, in particular, mental health services
• Deliver co-produced activities and groups to support recovery with an emphasis on emotional wellbeing and mental health recovery
• Investigate best practice across the homelessness and mental health sectors and implementing this practice within housing and resettlement work

This role requires someone with a strong track record in co-production and a strengths based approach to working with clients who have mental health and complex needs. Housing and Resettlement Advisors will provide structured, recovery orientated case management to facilitate clients to address the issues underlying their homelessness and support access into appropriate accommodation and wider support services. Housing and Resettlement Advisors must be able to work in a busy service environment and be committed to playing a part in shaping and developing services to enable clients to move towards recovery.

To apply and for details of the full job descriptions, which includes the detailed person specification, please visit our website. In your application form, please ensure that you have clearly demonstrated that you meet the requirement of the role set out in the person specification.

For CSTM, employing a diverse workforce enables us to use a wider range of talents and skills and be more creative and innovative.

We are committed to policies and procedures that are fair, objective, transparent and free from discrimination regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or offending background. CSTM also welcomes applications from people with lived homelessness experience.

Copies of our Equal Opportunities Policy and Ex-Offenders Policy are available on request.

Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to notify unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been notified of the outcome of your application before the interview date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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Closing date: Friday 31st August 2018

Interview date: Friday 7th September 2018