Bolton Council has secured funding from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHCLG) aimed at tackling rough sleeping, through the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy.

We have funding for 2 full time (37hrs) Rough Sleeper Navigators to provide key worker support for rough sleepers through key transitions and engagement into longer term settled accommodation. You will work closely with partner agencies to provide a co-ordinated response to rough sleepers to address their accommodation, health and well being and work flexibly across the week and at times during the early morning and evening to maximise engagement.

 
About You:

 
As a Rough Sleeper Navigator you will:

Have excellent communication skills, be compassionate and non-judgemental, will be able to build trust and confidence, motivate and encourage people with considerable vulnerabilities and needs to adopt positive courses of action.

Be able to develop trust and confidence with a wide variety of people including rough sleepers and with partner agencies and be a supportive and collaborative team member; and

be able to demonstrate initiative, quickly assimilate information, demonstrate an ability to plan and deliver interventions and assistance successfully.

About Us:

We offer an opportunity working within a team as part of a close network of agencies committed to tackling rough sleeping by positively affecting improvement in the lives of people we help. The role offers great variety and opportunities to work flexibly in delivering very personal and bespoke interventions. This challenging area of work provides very tangible work satisfaction in achieving positive outcomes for people. Bolton Council is a great organisation to work for, being very focussed on working to improve the lives of all residents of the borough, in particular those experiencing greatest level of vulnerability and need.

For more information please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A DBS check is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.

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