Overview
Reference: CCC00474
Description: Do you want to help end rough sleeping in Cambridge? Do you want to join a team that has an excellent track record of helping homeless people from a life on the streets into accommodation?
By joining the Council’s Homelessness Prevention & Solutions Team, you can help us achieve our aim, to end rough sleeping in Cambridge!
This post is intended to support the Council’s comprehensive homelessness prevention service. In particular, the post-holder will provide comprehensive support to single homeless people, including those who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping.
The main focus of the role will be to keep single people from becoming homeless whenever possible or, when homelessness cannot be prevented, help them to get back into accommodation as soon as possible. You will also work closely with the Council’s Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme, providing practical support to people newly in accommodation.
The ideal candidate will be someone who has, or who shows ability to quickly develop, an excellent understanding of the needs and complexities of a person that is homeless. Good communication skills with those that are vulnerable and keen to know the support available to those that are experiencing homelessness in Cambridge.
In return we offer a competitive benefits package including family friendly policies, a generous annual leave allowance, and access to the highly valued Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Hours: This is a full-time role, for 37 hours per week.
Although the role is advertised as full time, if you believe you have the skills and experience to join us and would like to discuss different working patterns, please do get in touch.
Contract: Fixed Term/ Secondment 12 months
Salary: £32,597 to £36,363 per annum (City Pay Band 4), pro rata for part time.
Location: Mandela House, Cambridge and Surrounding Districts and Home Working
More Information:
You can click on the links here to find out more information about Staff Pay and Benefits, Working for the Council, our Values & Behaviours, Equality & Diversity in Recruitment or Our People & Culture Strategy.
If you would like an informal chat, please contact Simon Penn:
Phone: 01223 458657 or E-mail: simon.penn@cambridge.gov.uk
Application Process:
You can follow the on-screen instructions to ‘Apply Online’ and submit an application.
If you are an internal candidate you can apply by logging in to your Employee Self-Serve (ESS) and access the ‘Useful Links’ (top right of the dashboard, under the person icon) and click on ‘CCC Job Opportunities’.
Cambridge City Council is an Equal Opportunity employer and embraces diversity, creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
For City Council employees who apply for the role on a secondment basis, please note that you should refer to the Secondment Policy. Please note that agreement will need to be obtained from your line manager before the secondment can be confirmed.
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Salary: *GBP*32,597 to *GBP*36,363 per annum (City Pay Band 4), pro rata for part time.
Package:
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
