Job title: Family Services Outreach Practitioner
Central London
Contract: 24 months
Hours: 35 hours (full time) or 28 hours (part time)
Salary: £33,132 for 35 hours or £26,505 for 28 hours, plus benefits
Number of posts: 2
At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive.
We are looking to recruit 2 Family Services Outreach Practitioners to provide intensive support for families with children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in London, ensuring their stay in TA is as short, safe, and healthy as possible. These are new and exciting roles in our Family Services team that will build genuine, positive, and trusting relationships with families, through both 1-1 work with parents and whole-family activities that will build togetherness and resilience. You will also conduct in-depth assessments with families referred to the project, identifying areas where parents and children need support and then helping them to feel confident, settled, and supported in their local community – e.g., by researching local resources and amenities, accompanying families to activities, and supporting them to become more independent. Additionally, you will assist the Team Leader and Evaluation and Learning Manager with the project’s co-production work, including supporting the management of an advisory panel of parents with lived experience of homelessness who will be co-designing interventions.
Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact our HR Advisor, Tara Glazik at recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history. In your cover letter, please also answer the following 3 questions:
1. Tell us about when you have worked with families experiencing homelessness. What types of things did you need to do? 2. Tell us how you work with families to build trusting relationships. Why is this important?
3. Tell us about your knowledge of co-production and working in projects where the client voice is central to service-delivery. Why do you think that would be important in this role?
The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake an enhanced plus barred list DBS check. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA)1974. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.
Benefits
· 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)
· Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
· Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
· Life assurance cover(after probation passed)
· Employee assistance programme
· Season ticket loan
· Training and development opportunities
· Access to Blue Light Card discounts
How to apply
Send your cv and cover letter to recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 1st December 2025
Shortlisting date: w/c 1st December 2025
Interviews: 9th December 2025
If you’ve not heard from us three week safter the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
