Homeless Drop In Coordinator

We’re looking for someone to run our homeless drop in through the winter period. Alongside a team of volunteers you will open the drop in five nights a week to provide a place of warmth and safety, hot free meals, showering and laundry facilities. You will work with our steering committee to ensure food hygiene standards are maintained, working practices are safe and volunteers are comfortable in the roles they undertake. When guests are experiencing homelessness you will work with other organisations in the region to help house them and support them to begin to address the causes of homelessness. Outside the drop in you will work with a smaller volunteer team to manage access to “the Pods” (individual short term emergency accommodation).  This will involve assessing suitability, completing admission procedures, monitoring behaviour on the site and mentoring residents towards longer term accommodation. You may also accompany guests to appointments with housing and other relevant teams for support.In both aspects of the role you will be working closely with Newark and Sherwood District Council housing team, local churches and other organisations in the area. This will require a strong prayer life, readiness to pray with and for our guests in addition to a willingness to share the reasons for your own faith with those who ask.Applications for this post are by application form only.