Strategic Rough Sleeping Specialist

This is a Gloucester City Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Strategic Rough Sleeping Specialist
• Job Location:                    Gloucester City Council 
• Salary:                              £40,476 - £44,711 per annum 
• Hours per Week:              37.00 
• Contract Type:                  Fixed Term 
• Duration:                           Two years 
• Closing Date:                    06/06/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:  11423 
• This post is not open to job share

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester.

Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day.  We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

About the Role

Do you want to join a busy organisation and multifaceted housing services team dedicated to helping those in housing need.

This is a new & exciting opportunity to play a key role within Gloucester City Council, the Strategic Rough Sleeping Specialist post aims are to focus on rough sleeping in Gloucester. To co-ordinate a partnership approach to provide specialist support, act as lead officer on the delivery of projects to end rough sleeping within Gloucester and be responsible for delivering the Council’s Ending Rough Sleeping Plan and to secure positive outcomes.

What we need from you:

You will need to demonstrate practical knowledge and thorough understanding of homelessness and the factors that contribute to individuals sleeping rough, to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders in the statutory and voluntary sector agencies. Successfully lead on projects, development of the referral pathways and multi-agency interventions for service users.

You will the ability to analyse data, to monitor and assess the outcomes of rough sleeper interventions. Oversee and administer local grant funding, contract monitoring and contributing to funding bids.

Excellent communication and relationship building skills, and the ability to work flexibly, experience of coping well under pressure, dealing with challenging situations and securing positive outcomes.

Ability to travel throughout Gloucestershire as required.

What we can do for you 

We offer a range of attractive benefits including:

Generous Annual Leave entitlement 30 days annual leave.

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year.

2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities.

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) & Life Cover of 3 times your salary

Regular Training, career development and qualification opportunities.

Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service.

Enhanced family friendly leave and pay.

Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply).

Coming Soon - Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply).

Employee discount scheme.

Discounted tickets for local events, and reduced rate use of GL1 Leisure facilities

Free Flu-jabs

Access to employee led networks such as Black Worker’s, Prism (LGBT+), Carers, Disability and the Young Employees Network, and opportunities to participate in our Equalities Working Group.

How to apply 

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Michelle Wheatley via email at Michelle.Wheatley@gloucester.gov.uk

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Strategic Rough Sleeping Specialist - Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.   

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability. 

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk  

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.