Resettlement and Reconnection Worker

• Directorate BHCC: Health & Adult Social Care
• Salary £27,852 - £29,439
• Contract Fixed Term
• Closing Date Apply by 8 May 2023

Glenwood Lodge Project

• Job reference orbis/TP/489/32410
• Positions available 1
• Working hours 37 hours
• Closing date 8 May 2023
• Job category Care - Adults
• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

Resettlement & Reconnection Worker

Glenwood Lodge Project is offering an exciting opportunity to take part in the new Off the Streets project to work with people who are currently rough sleeping to provide rapid intensive assessment and help reconnect and resettle people to a range of appropriate accommodation within Brighton & Hove or to home areas or where they have a proven link.

The post is fixed term until end of September 2024 and the salary range is £27,852 - £29,439 (Scale 6). The post is full time, Monday to Friday, with an expectation of some early morning and evening work, for which salary enhancements will be paid as appropriate.

This role is available as a secondment to internal candidates in line with current council secondment policy/line manager agreement, as well as fixed term contract for external candidates.

Applicants should have experience of working in the homeless sector and a good knowledge of move on and resettlement processes.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

• For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).