Outreach Officer

Deliver outreach activities targeted at individuals who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping.  Ensuring that vulnerable individuals are provided with appropriate support to facilitate their access to housing and other vital services.

Key result areas:

• Rough sleepers are engaged and supported into stable accommodation
• Reducing street sleeping within the Borough of Great Yarmouth

  Main responsibilities

• To undertake assertive outreach and hot spot visits across the Borough, maintaining a regular street presence over 365 days a year.
• Identify, engage and proactively work with people sleeping rough within Great Yarmouth.
• Carry out needs assessments with identified rough sleepers to secure access to services for their immediate and long-term needs, by making appropriate referrals in partnership with clients, to establish a sustainable pathway from the streets. Ensuring all packages of support are person-centred.
• Provide light touch support to Previous Rough Sleepers in settled accommodation for a maximum of 6 months.

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