Role: Upstream Project Coordinator
Contract: Fixed-Term (2 Years), Part-Time (30 hours per week)
Location: London, with required travel to schools based in the London region
Salary: £23,184 - £27,634.40 per annum
Closing Date: 9th September 2024
Interviews are expected to take place on w/c 16th September 2024
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is seeking a new Upstream Project Coordinator to deliver Centrepoint’s innovative youth homelessness prevention pilot in Manchester secondary schools.
This is a fixed term contract for 2 years, working 30 hours per week across Monday to Friday.
As part of Centrepoint’s strategy to end youth homelessness, we are taking pioneering steps to help prevent young people aged 11-15 from becoming homeless after they turn 16.
Over 50 years’ experience of supporting homeless young people has shown us that the roots of young people’s problems begin long before they arrive at our door post-16. This is why we are increasing our focus on preventing youth homelessness at an early stage, by identifying and supporting young people before their problems escalate.
We are launching a new pilot service utilising the internationally developed Upstream survey which identifies risk factors for homelessness among young people at secondary schools. We will use the results to identify young people at risk, so we can offer the advice and support to stop their problems escalating to crisis point.
This exciting opportunity will enable you to play an integral part in shaping the delivery of this innovative project and ensure better outcomes for young people in future.
What you’ll be doing
- Working closely with our partner schools to support young people to complete the Upstream survey
- Conducting comprehensive needs assessments with young people flagged as at risk by the survey
- Based on these assessments, referring young people to support services such as family mediation and mental health support
- Providing young people with one to one mentoring support
- Regularly seeking feedback from young people and other stakeholders to help shape the ongoing design of the pilot
As the ideal candidate, you will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of assessing the needs of young people and creating personalised support packages
- Experience of carrying a caseload of young people and providing mentoring support on a one to one basis
- An understanding of different methods that can be employed to positively engage with young people from diverse backgrounds
- Ability to work collaboratively across team and organisational boundaries, negotiating and building relationships with schools, local statutory services and the voluntary sector
- Ability to establish and deliver a new programme of work within a set timescale and on budget
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as Upstream Project Coordinator - click ‘Apply’ now!
