Housing First Worker

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable adults in Reading?

This post is offered as a fixed term contract for 12 months until 8 January 2028, or secondment for internal applicants (Maternity cover).

Housing First is an innovative approach to supporting the most excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual’s homelessness.

The Reading Housing First service aims to support hard to reach clients with complex needs by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives.

In the role of Housing First Worker you will:

• Work 9-5 Monday to Friday, working with a person centred approach to support clients in their own homes as well as in the community.
• Be responsible for the day to day delivery of the service managing a small caseload of clients.
• Deliver ongoing and intensive support to help your clients set up their home, with the overall goal of supporting them to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery.

About you

This role will suit motivated, committed people who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives. If you can being the below, we would love to hear from you:  

• Experience of working with vulnerable people; motivating and empowering complex and diverse client groups to sustain housing, health and/or work outcomes.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people, including clients, internal colleagues and partner agencies.
• The ability to work independently and be comfortable as a lone worker, with a good knowledge of relevant protocols and safety precautions.
• The ability to manage your own caseload with a proactive and innovative approach to your work and to work flexibly in order to provide tailored support to meet client’s individual needs and aspirations.

A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

How to apply

Please download the job description where you will find the ‘essential requirements’ for the role, ensure you read this carefully and clearly address the experience, skills, knowledge and abilities from points 1-5 in your supporting statement.

When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Button to start your online application form on the St Mungo’s careers site.

Closing date: 22:59 on 9 November 2026

Interview and assessments on: w/c 23 November 2026

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Visa sponsorship eligibility

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.

Housing First Worker

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

RG1 4RJ

£34,873 to £38,763 per year

Contract - Full-time

Working hours

37.5

Posted 3 days ago

Closing date: 10/11/2026

Job reference: TI1722689ReaHFW

Documents

Completing supporting statement guidance 2025.pdf

Housing First Worker-GENERIC JD&PS 2024.pdf

Our values - Committed, Inclusive, Creative, Empowering, and Accountable - are at the heart of how we work together.

Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.

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Housing First Worker

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

£34,873 to £38,763 per year