Senior Worker (Secondment) - Westminster

About the role:

The Harrow Road Assessment Hub is a brand new service at SHP, providing short-stay accommodation and focused support to people beginning their journey away from rough sleeping in Westminster. As Senior Worker, you will be at the forefront of this vital work, bringing your skills and passion to a role that makes a real difference both to the lives of residents and to the way the hub operates. You will play a central part in ensuring assessments and support planning are delivered to the highest standard, using your expertise to guide complex cases and champion best practice within the team.

This is an opportunity to take on new challenges and stretch your abilities in a service where no two days are the same. You will build meaningful relationships with residents, help them take the first steps towards stable housing, and work alongside colleagues and partners to break down barriers and open up opportunities. From shaping the daily running of the hub to supporting the team through reflective practice and collaborative problem solving, your contribution will directly influence the success of the service and the outcomes achieved for clients.

For SHP colleagues who are ready to take the next step, this role offers genuine career growth. It is a chance to develop your specialist skills, to step into a position of influence, and to see the impact of your work ripple across the organisation. By taking on this role you will not only help transform individual lives but also strengthen SHP’s mission to create lasting routes out of homelessness for Londoners.

When you are completing your application please answer the 4 areas below and please put n/a to areas 5, 6 and 7:

• Tell us about a time you supported a client with complex needs. What did you do and what was the outcome?
• Give an example of when you worked with others to solve a problem for a client. What role did you play and what happened?
• Describe a situation where you stayed calm and effective during a crisis. How did your actions help the client and others involved?
• Share an example of how you used your skills or knowledge to improve the way your team worked with clients.

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 28th September at midnight

Interview date: Thursday 2nd or Friday 3rd October Online 

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role. 

Apply for this role by clicking on the Apply Now button below.  If you do not already have an online recruitment account with SHP you will need to create one. 

Locums and current Agency staff -  You can also apply for this secondment opportunity.  If you are successful at interview, the position will be offered as a fixed-term contract.

Note for staff (including Locums): in the job history section you will only be required to enter details of either your recent job role or current role with SHP (not your full employment history).

Note for current Agency staff: please enter your full employment history in the job history section.

As this is a secondment opportunity candidates who are permanent members of staff, will need to notify their manager before applying for this post. 

As this is an internal vacancy applicants not eligible for internal recruitment will be those under:

• Disciplinary sanction
• Performance monitoring in a similar or lower graded role
• Formal sickness monitoring (that is not related to a protected characteristic)

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.