Rsap Navigator - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Trident Reach

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VRF 058703

RSAP Navigator x2

Birmingham, B1

Fixed Term until 31/03/2025

£26,966.00 per annum (pro rata)

37.5 hours per week

About the role
We are currently looking to recruit an RSAP Navigator for a fixed term contract within our Homeless/rough sleeper service


The role of the navigator will involve identifying and engaging with customers who are eligible for the RSAP model of support, they may be single people or childless couples who are rough sleeping, homeless or at imminent risk of rough sleeping; they may present as challenging and difficult; and are likely to have multiple and complex needs which make finding, securing and maintaining accommodation impossible or extremely difficult.


We are looking for individuals who will work to engage customers who have a history of disengaging from services, using a variety of techniques and approaches to build a relationship and develop a support plan.

Staff will meet the customer's needs first in supporting them to reach their personalised goals, make informed decisions, and achieve a greater level of stability and independence.


Key responsibilities:


  • Develop and maintain relationships with customers to enable personcentred support promoting choice and wellbeing. This will be done through regular contact including visits to customer's homes and appropriate community settings
  • Be adaptive and flexible, resilient to challenges and rejections, to support the stability and progression of customers in order to achieve personalised outcomes
  • To offer advice, guidance and support on ways in which substance misuse and other harmful activities can be practiced more safely. This includes anticipating and supporting the reduction of harmful challenges whist maximising opportunities


The role will involve working to a shift pattern offering support to customers from 8am till 8pm as well as working weekends.


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

  • Experience or working in housing or homelessness, mental health, substance misuse, offending or another related field
  • The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
  • Persistence and determination in dealing with challenges
  • Possess a robust knowledge and experience of employability and employer focussed job support.
  • A sound knowledge of partner agencies that support client's in the local area
  • Excellent communication skills ability to negotiate, advocate, work automatously and generate effective reports is a must.
  • Develop both internal and external relationships with key stakeholders
  • People management experience in leading, mentoring and developing a team by providing ongoing support

About Us


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 personcentred 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

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