Drug and Alcohol Housing Worker (Floating Support)

Job summary

Are you passionate about preventing homelessness and improving housing stability for people affected by drug and alcohol use? Following new investment, we are developing a new Drug and Alcohol Housing Support Service in Hampshire and are recruiting seven Drug and Alcohol Housing Workers to provide flexible, floating support to people across the county.

In this role, you will provide personalised, intensive housing-related support to individuals who use drugs and/or alcohol and are at risk of homelessness or struggling to maintain accommodation. You will work across Hampshire to help people access suitable housing, strengthen tenancy sustainment, develop independent-living skills and engage effectively with treatment and recovery services.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will build strong relationships with local authority housing departments, supported accommodation providers, criminal justice partners and health and social care professionals. Your work will be trauma-informed, recovery-focused and grounded in harm-reduction principles.

This is a dynamic and varied role involving home visits, outreach, multi-agency work and one-to-one interventions. You will make a meaningful difference by helping people secure safe, sustainable accommodation and supporting their journey toward recovery and improved wellbeing.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about homelessness prevention, empowerment and supporting people with a variety of needs.

Main duties of the job

As a Drug and Alcohol Housing Worker, you will:

o Hold a small caseload and provide personalised, intensive housing related support to people who use drugs and/or alcohol.o Help individuals access appropriate accommodation, sustain tenancies, manage rent/arrears, set up utilities and maintain positive relationships with landlords and neighbours.o Provide support that promotes engagement with treatment, including harm reduction advice, psychosocial interventions and attending appointments with individuals where required.o Develop independent living skills such as budgeting, household management, benefits, healthy routines and community involvement.o Advocate on behalf of service users with statutory and non statutory housing services to secure suitable and sustainable accommodation outcomes.o Work collaboratively with local authorities, supported accommodation providers, criminal justice agencies, healthcare teams and Inclusion colleagues.

Contribute to multi agency meetings, risk assessments, safeguarding discussions and coordinated support planning.o Maintain accurate case notes, reports and data using ILLY Carepath and other systems.o Ensure practice is trauma informed, recovery focused, culturally sensitive and aligned with Inclusion's values.o Work flexibly across community locations, including delivering outreach and supporting individuals in their homes.

About us

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country.

As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff.

We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications