Housing First Practitioner
| Posting date: | 18 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: | 01 April 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 9SJ |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 4780752_1773825896 |
Summary
We're looking to recruit a Housing First Practitioner in the Liverpool City 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 role, participating in a rolling 8-week rota, working between the hours of 8am and 8pm, required to support 1 in every 8 weekends.
You'll provide wrap‑around, person-centred, trauma-informed support to people who are facing or experiencing 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:
- Deliver high-quality, person-centred, trauma-informed support to individuals facing homelessness, managing your own small caseload to ensure clients receive intensive, flexible and responsive support tailored to their circumstances
- Provide practical tenancy-related support, helping individuals find, access and maintain safe, secure accommodation, including benefits advice, move-in support and ongoing tenancy sustainment
- Conduct risk assessments and develop safety plans including crisis planning, de-escalation and harm reduction strategies
- Devise personalised support plans to be reviewed regularly, monitoring progress and achievements are documented
- Provide outreach support, including home visits and community based work
- Work in partnership with health, social care, housing providers, community groups, probation, and other external agencies to maintain holistic support
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 working
- Temp to perm opportunities
- Flexible working pattern
What you need to do now
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