We (Contract) - United Kingdom - Trident Group

Description

Reference 58341

Navigator (NSAP)

10 Ferndale Crescent, Highgate, Birmingham B12 OHF

Salary:
£26,966.00 fixed term contract till

Contracted Hours 37.5 on a rota-pattern over 7 days working 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, and occasional 9am-5pm. Plus occasional nightshift to support Rough Sleeper Counts.


About the role:

Working as part of a much wider Navigator and Outreach Team you will be based at 10 Ferndale Crescent, Highgate, Birmingham B1 1LB, which supports up to 11 former entrenched rough sleepers with addiction, mental health, and physical health concerns.

The role will also have outreach responsibilities supporting the outreach team if deemed necessary by service managers.

The key to our navigator roles being a success is to build strong and effective trauma informed relationships that navigate our service users daily activities assisting with appointments for detox, rehab, NHS and mental health professionals, whilst also assisting with management of budgets, relationships, all aspects of managing a tenancy, identifying housing and move-on.

The fun side develops activity, hobby, and wellbeing options for the service user to aid continual recovery and community involvement.

The role is to do with, not do for.

The benefits;

34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days

Birthday leave

New Home leave

Life assurance (3 x salary)

Employee Assistance programme

Employee Wellbeing programme

Flexible Working options

About You

Navigators need at least 2 years' experience within frontline services preferably linked to homelessness, addiction, mental health, or housing. Being both PIE and Trauma Informed. With a level of personal resilience that can meet the demands of the role. A relevant professional qualification is also required.

Trident Group has over 60 years' experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands.

The Group employs more than 750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more.

The Group has an annual turnover of more than £37m and owns assets close than £190m.

The Group consists of;

Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance

Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering person-centred care and support services.

These services include supporting people within registered care, domiciliary care, people with learning difficulties, those with mental health needs, young people at risk, older people, BME groups, people at risk of being homeless, those seeking employability, education and training opportunities and those fleeing domestic abuse.

Trident offers their employees learning and development opportunities and wants to invest in their development and career growth.

Through our apprenticeship scheme, we offer various courses in areas that will help support employees within their roles and for their further development.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a person-centred organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

By joining Trident Group, you will have the opportunity to join our Diverse Voices Steering Group to ensure Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible

communicating and promoting vacancies

offering an interview to disabled people

anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required

supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work

at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Applying

All applications must be accompanied with a current CV which will be used to assess your suitability for the role.

Please ensure all the skills, experience and qualifications requested are clearly demonstrated in your CV as explained in the body of the advert.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS)