• Experience of key working, supporting vulnerable adults/children or working in homelessness is required.
• An understanding of the issues affecting homeless people, based on your own experience of homelessness, professional work or voluntary experience.
• The ability to work with clients who may display challenging behaviour
• The ability to work on your own initiative but also within a team, seeking guidance where necessary
• An understanding of and commitment to confidentiality and professional boundaries
• Solid IT skills, including competence with word processing, spreadsheets, database and email and ability to learn how to use new IT applications
• An understanding of equal opportunities and how it can be applied within SPEAR
• An ability to represent SPEAR appropriately at all times, and work professionally with external agencies
• Effective time and workload management
• An understanding of health and safety and it’s role within the workplace

These roles provide emergency short-notice cover across a range of services during periods of leave and cover staff shortages in between recruitment.

You will have the option of accepting or declining any work offered by SPEAR.

If this work sounds like it would suit you, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV and answer some basic application questions.

SPEAR welcomes and encourages applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.