Job Description
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. In 2024 we embarked on our new 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.
Title: Crisis at Christmas Locum Outreach Worker (Day Centres)
Contract: Casual worker in December 2025 a minimum of three shifts, 8-hour shifts with half an hour break, between Tuesday 24 Dec and Saturday 28 Dec 2025
Pay: £20 per hour over three, 8-hour shifts (£30 per hour on Bank Holidays 25 and 26 December)
Locations: Crisis at Christmas day centres will be operating from the locations below:
Stratford Day Centre, School 21, E15 4RZ SHIFTS AT THIS LOCATION ARE CURRENTLY FULL
Pimlico Day Centre, Pimlico Academy, SW1V 3AT
Paddington Day Centre, City of Westminster College, W2 1NB
A fantastic locum opportunity for skilled Outreach workers who have front line experience supporting rough sleepers.
You will be working at our Christmas Day Centres to engage with our guests looking for help, guidance, and support around their housing situation, especially those who are believed to currently be rough sleeping.
You will be employed directly by Crisis during this period, for this reason any applications must be with permission from your current employer which must be sought and cannot be assumed.
Experience required
Demonstrable experience of working directly with rough sleepers (e.g., in outreach, day centres or similar services)
Good knowledge of voluntary sector services and statutory rights of homeless people
Ability to deal flexibly with a broad range of clients, and with challenging behaviour.
Striving for equality of opportunity in the context of rough-sleeping and homelessness
Current registered CHAIN user
Shifts
Shifts will be 9am 6pm and Day Centre Outreach workers must commit to a minimum of 3 shifts to be accepted into the role.
You will also accrue annual leave during this work, which will be calculated according to statutory guidelines and will be paid in your final payslip. Holiday entitlement will be calculated as 12.07% of actual hours worked and equates to approximately £3.80 per hour for bank holidays worked and £2.40 per hour for non-bank holiday work.
Applications close on Sunday 26 October at midnight
