Housing First Practitioner
| Posting date: | 17 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £21.0 to £26.0 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £21 - £26 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 6PN |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 4780743_1773762470 |
Summary
We're looking to recruit a Housing First Practitioner in the Wirral area to join a specialist homelessness and housing support service on an ongoing basis with temp to perm potential. This is a 35 hour per week (Monday to Friday), required to work 1 in every 6 weekends.
You'll provide wrap‑around, intensive, people-centred and trauma-informed support to people who have experienced homelessness or rough sleeping, helping them to sustain tenancies, access community services, and work towards personal goals. The role involves a blend of outreach, home visits, office‑based work, and home working.
Key responsibilities
- Provide intensive, flexible and trauma-informed support to individuals who are facing or experiencing homelessness
- Build trusting and consistent relationships with individuals, supporting them from rough sleeping into long-term accommodatino
- Manage a small caseload, delivering open ended support, completing support plans, risk assessments and safety plans to be reviewed regularly
- Provide practical tenancy support including benefits advice, budgeting help and attending appointments
- Work in partnership with landlords, housing associations, health services, outreach teams, probation and other agencies to deliver coordinated, holistic support
- Provide outreach, home visits and community based support, adapting to individual's preferred ways of engagement
- Maintain detailed case notes, outcomes and progress updates
What you'll need to succeed
- Experience supporting vulnerable adults facing homelessness, rough sleeping or multiple complex needs.
- Knowledge of substance use, mental health, welfare benefits, housing pathways or homelessness law.
- Strong understanding of trauma‑informed and strengths‑based practice.
- Confident in assessments, support planning, risk management and safeguarding.
- Ability to manage challenging behaviour with empathy and professional boundaries.
- Experience helping individuals sustain tenancies and engage with services.
- Confident lone working, organising a caseload and working in the community.
- Strong partnership‑working skills with multi‑agency partners.
What you'll get in return
- Weekly pay
- Competitive hourly rates
- Hybrid, flexible working pattern
- Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella
- Ongoing contract with permanent opportunities
What you need to do now
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