Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme (RSAP) Worker

Job description

The Service & Team: The Rough Sleeper Service works to prevent people from sleeping rough and to help them sustain their accommodation. Where someone does end up sleeping rough, the service intervenes to try and ensure that this episode is rare, brief and non- recurring. Based within a Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme (RSAP) Team, as part of the wider Rough Sleeping Service, the post holder will work with people as they move on from rough sleeping into accommodation with support through to independence. They will support the individual in their recovery to move from the street into accommodation, access support to address personal needs, find employment, undertake training, develop budgeting skills, cultivate positive social circles and be better equipped to maintain their accommodation and independence and avoid returning to the street. Support needs will range from low to very complex and including, but not limited to, drug and alcohol addiction, offending history, poor mental health, financial difficulty and physical health problems. Support will be offered on site-based accommodation and in homes dispersed within the community. The post-holder will work in a way that is c...