Outreach Worker - Roma Rough Sleeping Team

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

This is a 9 month fixed term contract role.

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 sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently.

We we are looking for a dynamic, self-driven person with relevant language skills to support the Roma Rough Sleeper Team as an Outreach Worker (known internally as 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., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  Above all we are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives. For this role it is also essential that candidates possess either Romanian /Romanesque, Italian/Spanish language skills (one language at a minimum); as well as:


• Demonstrable experience of supporting Roma people to access services and/or entitlements and a good understanding of Roma culture and tradition.



• Some experience of dealing directly with the public and/or customers in a busy service environment.



• Experience in dealing with rough sleepers with multiple needs and the ability to work with challenging behaviour.



• Great communication skills and experience of working effectively with others.