About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
The Role:
Southwark are committed to preventing rough sleeping and providing a rapid response, support and sustainable accommodation to ensure that people on the streets can move on with their lives. The ongoing work to end rough sleeping for good continues to be delivered via various rough sleeper specific initiatives in collaboration with various partners across the borough.
As a Senior Navigator within Housing Solutions Services you will manage a team of Navigators and Floating Support Officers providing support and move on to single people at imminent risk of rough sleeping and rough sleepers with support needs.
You will lead on the delivery of needs, risk assessments and move on, managing the day to day operations of the team ensuring that single customers are supported and rehoused into suitable and affordable accommodation that will meet their needs.
You will also continue to establish and maintain links with various partner agencies both internal and external to the Council to maximise opportunities for rough sleepers to access and benefit from these services to enable independent living and the sustainment of accommodation.
About You:
We are seeking dynamic and innovative individuals who can lead a team to deliver a high-quality customer focused front line service where co-ordinating support to address unmet needs and securing suitable accommodation is at the heart of what the team aim to achieve.
If you are self-motivated and enthusiastic with the skills to lead a team ensuring targets are exceeded through effective team development, motivation and management of a demanding frontline service, we would like to hear from you.
Additional details
- Secondment/Fixed Term Contract up to 31st March 2025
- DBS required
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
We encourage any internal staff to to gain agreement from their substantive line manager if considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Closing date 16th June 2024
Interviews W/C 24th June 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
SWCINT
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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