Rough Sleeper Accommodation Access Co-Ordinator Bodmin, England
Job description
The purpose of this role is to support Cornwall Council’s Rough Sleeping team reduce the number of people rough sleeping across Cornwall.
This role will operate across Cornwall and the post holder will be expected to work in partnership with other agencies to ensure that people who are rough sleeping; homeless or threatened with homelessness are supported appropriately.
The key aims of the role are to:
- Help clients access accommodation, including bespoke solutions, to prevent them from rough sleeping
- Facilitate access to additional interventions where required and make referrals to other agencies who offer specialist support, including the Next Steps Mental Health team and the Out of Hospital Service
- Support Recovery by facilitating move on when appropriate in partnership with accommodation providers.
A vital part of this role is to support clients to access accommodation, including bespoke solutions, to prevent them from rough sleeping. This may include where appropriate facilitating Multi-Disciplinary team meetings to ensure where possible all appropriate support is being provided, and all accommodation options are explored.
A role profile can be found here.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified, our evolving ways of working mean that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.
This role may be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.
More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here
We are open to discussion about flexible working options.
