Are you a motivated, dynamic, and enthusiastic housing officer with significant experience of working with people that are homeless or rough sleeping? Would you like to work within an acute hospital supporting patients that are homeless or at risk of homelessness?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to be involved in the process of re-establishing our specialist Homeless Health team. We have been awarded funding to continue the development of the service. We have a Band 5 Homeless Health Housing Coordinator post within the team that we are recruiting to.

The Homeless Health team is multi-disciplinary and operates a reactive and fast- moving service. It aims to provide enhanced inpatient care and ensure safe, appropriate, and sustainable hospital discharges that meet the needs of individual homeless patients. Through this approach, the team also aims to reduce delayed and premature discharges, and reduce unscheduled admissions, repeat admissions and A& E attendances.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with patients on our wards, in Accident and Emergency (A& E) and may need to outreach into the community to support patients post discharge for follow ups. The post holder will be expected to work on site Monday to Friday.

The post holder will undertake detailed housing assessments that will help prove a patient's homelessness, eligibility, priority for housing and established local connection. The post holder will escort patients to Housing Options departments to provide advocacy as necessary. The post holder will build relationships and liaise with Local Authorities Housing departments to achieve the best results for the patients.

You will receive specialist support and supervision from the Imperial Homeless Health team and the charity Pathway - healthcare for homeless people, with whom we have a strategic partnership.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Good general knowledge base in the health issues surrounding homeless people e.g. mental health, drug and alcohol misuse, impact of health needs of no recourse to public funds patients.

Desirable

• Completed formal education / specialist course in a relevant area e.g. addictions

Experience

Essential

• Direct work experience with homeless clients or clients with addictions
• Experience of independent practice with homeless people and within a team
• Experience of case management
• Experience of working in partnership and negotiating with a wide variety of agencies
• Experience of dealing with complex housing issues

Desirable

• Experience of working in partnership with voluntary/ statutory agencies
• Experience of working in partnership with voluntary/ statutory agencies
• Experience of working directly with statutory homeless agencies e.g. Local Authority Homeless Persons Units

Knowledge/Skills Abilities

Essential

• Able to work in partnership with and negotiate with a wide variety of partnership agencies, and other NHS providers.
• Ability to write a report. Good IT skills (WORD, POWERPOINT etc.)
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Able to influence and negotiate independently across complex boundaries

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Trustwide

London

W2 1NY

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290-MIC-1343