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Job summary
A homelessness support organization is seeking an Outreach Worker in Reading. This role involves engaging with rough sleepers and connecting them with services. Ideal candidates will have outreach experience and strong communication skills. The position offers £23 per hour with full-time or part-time options. Immediate start available in a temporary contract with potential extension.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Previous experience in outreach work, homelessness services, or substance misuse support.
Responsibilities
- Identify and establish contact with rough sleepers and beggars through street outreach shifts.
- Provide assertive outreach to entrenched rough sleepers.
- Assist homeless service users in being discharged from hospital promptly.
Skills
Outreach Worker – Reading Service Care Solutions are recruiting for an Outreach Worker to join a homelessness and substance misuse service in Reading.
Pay Rate: £23.00 Ltd per hour
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) or part-time (22.5 hours per week)
Contract: Temporary (6 months) with potential for extension
Start Date: Immediate
We are seeking a proactive and compassionate Outreach Worker to engage with individuals living a street-based lifestyle, including rough sleepers and beggars. The goal is to connect them with appropriate services and support them in moving towards more settled and sustainable lifestyles.
- Identify and establish contact with rough sleepers and beggars through street outreach shifts at various times and locations.
- Provide assertive outreach to entrenched rough sleepers, including those unwilling to engage with services.
- Assist homeless service users in being discharged from hospital promptly by securing appropriate accommodation.
- Work closely with drug and alcohol teams to ensure substance misusers and problem drinkers can access treatment.
- Offer advice on substance misuse using recognised models such as Motivational Interviewing, supporting individuals to explore concerns and decide on actions.
- Collaborate with mental health agencies to ensure service users have access to appropriate mental health support.
- Ensure service users have access to ongoing healthcare and support for immediate needs.
- Build and develop service users’ personal strengths and social networks in the UK or their country of origin.
- Empower service users to maintain sustainable change through choice, involvement, and coordinated services.
- Previous experience in outreach work, homelessness services, or substance misuse support.
- Strong communication and engagement skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multi‑agency team.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and harm reduction approaches.
- Dedicated consultant support
- Weekly payroll
- Free compliance assistance
- Access to training and professional development
£23/hour
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