Street Outreach Practitioner

This is a diverse and rewarding role, key duties you will undertake are:

  • Manage a caseload, devising, implementing, and reviewing on-going recovery and treatment plans.
  • Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial engagement into structured treatment.
  • Work in a proactive role to minimise and prevent rough sleeping and begging within Leeds by engaging and maintaining clients into treatment.
  • Reduce substance related harm to individuals and the wider community.
  • Working collaboratively with key partners and colleagues across the street support partnership to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
  • To support individuals to move into supported, more permanent accommodation.
  • To provide holistic support to adult service users and to coordinate their drug treatment, including assessment, recovery coordination, Psychosocial Interventions (PSI) delivery and multi-agency working.
  • As directed by the Lead Practitioner, the practitioner will be an integral member of the dynamic multi-agency team developing comprehensive and tailored individual interventions.
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