This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

This role is fixed-term until 31st March 2028.

 

About the Role

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness or any of the other issues affecting our service users. We are therefore willing to consider applicants who have acquired the knowledge, experience and skills required from either their work experience, lived experience, volunteering experience, academic study, or any combination of those sources.

The Housing First Practitioner is responsible for coordinating and providing personalised, trauma-informed support. Providing support in line with the Housing First Principles to individuals with multiple complex needs.

The focus is to provide intensive support and practical help to individuals to help them maintain their tenancies and work with them to clarify their goals.

Housing First Practitioners have much smaller caseloads of individuals to support, and the role may involve working with people on their journey from rough sleeping (via outreach work) through to finding and sustaining accommodation.

The Housing First practitioner will provide flexible, open-ended step up and step-down packages of support, advice and assistance to people who are/have been homeless, so that they are able to access and maintain a safe and secure home of their own, in line with Housing First principles.

You will work as part of a small, dynamic team, including a locality manager who will provide supervision and support.

 

This is a role where the successful candidate will be expected to work across the whole of Knowsley and may occasionally be required to cover other parts of the Liverpool City Region.

 

About the person

Deliver high quality person-centered support in line with Housing First principles including:

-Establish open and trusting relationships with people who are/have been homeless or in temporary/insecure accommodation, and who are experiencing complex issues.

-Support individuals to achieve their goals and outcomes through intensive strength-based case management, ensuring each individual has a plan of support that includes professional rationales and is led by the individual.

-Enable service users to access community resources, support the removal of barriers to engagement within mainstream services.

-Provide positive support to the individual to improve engagement and provide practical and emotional support.

-Develop an enabling partnership approach that supports all people using the service to attain their rights and entitlement.

-Actively identify the strengths, assets and aspirations of individuals and enable, encourage and empower the access to relevant opportunities and/or services.

 

If you think you match the job description, and our values, then click on the link to apply.

Please ensure that you provide clear examples and evidence in your application of how you meet the below key essential criteria. The information you provide in your application will be used for shortlisting.

 

1) Understanding and experience of working in a Trauma-informed way and the ability to establish open, trusting relationships whilst working assertively and empathetically with people who have enduring and complex support needs.

2) Ability to adapt and work responsively with service users, supporting them to articulate their goals and aspirations.

3) Ability to develop working partnerships to gain the most positive outcome for the person you are supporting.

 

Please highlight how you meet the remaining essential criteria outlined in the person specification within your CV.

 

About the organisation

The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health and life sciences, digital and creative, and advanced manufacturing - growing an economy already worth £35 billion a year.

The Combined Authority plays a central role in catalysing this innovation-led economy. We are seizing the unique opportunity to use our devolved powers and funding to create wealth and prosperity for all our 1.6 million residents and the whole UK - investing in our economy, people, place, transport and digital infrastructure. Our vision is for the Liverpool City Region to be: The best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.

 

Staff benefits

-Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%

-Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days

-Free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner

-Flexible and hybrid working

-24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service

-Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme

-Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms

-Bike to Work Scheme

-Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning

 

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

 

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are care experienced (whether through foster care, residential care, supported living, kinship care, live-in care, home care or adoption), are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.

To be considered under one of these schemes, you must indicate your eligibility in the relevant section of the application form. In addition, you must clearly demonstrate in your application how you meet the key essential criteria listed above.

Please highlight how you meet the remaining essential criteria outlined in the person specification within your CV.

Applications that do not include this evidence will not be considered under the guaranteed interview schemes.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

We actively promote diversity and inclusion. Please note that this role is unlikely to meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa