Housing Support Specialist (Outreach & Move On Worker) – Hastings

Are you interested in a career in housing support, mental health recovery and wellbeing development?

Come and join Southdown Outreach & Move On teams, supporting people who are rough sleeping, to move away from homeless by accessing a range of accommodation options.

Working alongside a multiagency team you will support people who have experienced the trauma of homelessness, to make positive and lasting changes in their lives.

Role Summary

As an Outreach & Move On Worker you will provide early morning street outreach to people rough sleeping in Hastings and Rother –  combined with move on / tenancy support as your clients take steps away from homelessness and into accommodation.

You will provide flexible, trauma-informed support for a caseload of clients, focusing on ending rough sleeping by identifying the range of support each person needs. This may include support with substance dependency, mental and physical health needs, domestic abuse, current or historical offending.

The working pattern includes two early morning shifts, starting at 5.00am (Summer) or 6.00am (Winter) Monday – Friday. Other working days are 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday.

You will be paid additional allowances on top of your agreed Salary. These allowances include

• £1,000 per year Essential Car User Allowance
• Plus £800 per year Outreach Worker’ Allowance
• Plus Unsociable Allowance (if working unsociable hours) of £4.40 per shift

We provide a full induction and training programme for all successful candidates.

You’ll be joining one of the largest providers of care, support and housing services in Sussex, which we’re proud to say we’ve been doing for over 50 years! In exchange, we can offer some great benefits such as

• Salary above the Real Living Wage
• Pension scheme
• Employee Assistance (EAP), Free advice and counselling service
• Access to Blue Light card
• Health Care cash back scheme
• Interest-free Loans
• Life cover: For staff under the age of 65 years in our pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Access to the Easit Network
• Free access to financial services and advice through Salary Finance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Support with Career Progression
• Supportive working environment.
• £100 reward for passing your probationary period

Our Values

Southdown is a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees’ matter. We’re committed to creating a positive and compassionate work environment where employees feel valued, respected, and inspired to do their best. In addition, we’re a family-friendly employer that recognises the importance of a work-life balance. If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications.  If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us at jobs@southdown.org  as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

Closing Date: 30^th March 2025
Interview Date: 9^th April 2025