Rough Sleeping Outreach Worker (Prevention)

About the role

Coventry City Council's Housing and Homelessness Service is recruiting a Rough Sleeping Outreach Worker (Prevention) to join its expanding Outreach Team. Working directly with people in the community and those who are or have rough slept, the role helps identify, assess and support people moving away from the streets into suitable accommodation, with a strong prevention focus. The post is fixed term, full time, 37.5 hours per week, with a salary of £30,023 to £35,570.

Key responsibilities

• Work with people in the community and those rough sleeping to build relationships and move them into suitable accommodation.
• Manage a caseload, giving ongoing support focused on maintaining accommodation, building stability and avoiding a return to rough sleeping.
• Work in community settings such as drop-ins and other frontline services, engaging people at risk of homelessness and resolving problems early.
• Find practical solutions and tackle barriers so situations do not escalate into homelessness or rough sleeping.
• Work with partners including drug and alcohol services, probation, health services, housing providers and voluntary sector organisations to give coordinated support.

Required profile

• Naturally engaging, solution-focused and organised, able to have constructive, future-focused conversations.
• Able to work with people who may have multiple and complex needs.
• Resourceful and able to think on your feet.
• Right to work in the UK; no sponsorship offered.
• The post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and requires a satisfactory DBS check.

Guaranteed interviews are offered to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, people currently in or previously in care, and people who consider themselves disabled or have a long-term health condition. The interview is scheduled for Thursday 3 December 2026, and applications close on 20 November 2026.