Community Outreach Worker Needed In Croydon: Visa Sponsorship Available

Outreach Worker Job Summary

Outreach Worker needed at START.  START is a community mental health service located within The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust working with homeless people across Southwark, Lambeth, Croydon and Lewisham.The teams provide multi-disciplinary, integrated (apart from Lambeth) health and social care for people experiencing homelessness in our area. Clients may be rough sleeping or living in hostels in our boroughs and will have a variety of needs, primarily mental ill health but also substance use or physical ill health. They will be unable or unwilling to engage with mainstream care and require an assertive outreach approach aimed at initial building of relationships due to previous trauma or adverse childhood experiences. This will allow formal interventions to later be delivered more effectively. The teams work closely with third sector agencies and statutory colleagues to provide advice and support to the former and advocacy and liaison with the latter to ensure the best care pathway to service users.

Outreach Worker Main Duties

This is a new role in the Croydon START Team, aimed at supporting clients in the community and playing a key role in developing and facilitating collaborative and therapeutic relationships with the team. This will involve person centred support in a planned and coordinated manner with other team members, including practical help with activities of daily living, accompanying to appointments to maximise contacts as well as social support and meaningful occupation activities.We are looking for a forward-thinking, creative and responsive support worker who has a passion for excluded populations, inclusion healthcare and outreach support. You will be enthusiastic, creative, resilient and be able to respond to others in a flexible manner. This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in community mental health care in an award-winning team. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness or mental ill health.