Adult Lead Worker in Birmingham

SIFA Fireside, Adult Lead Worker

Fixed Term Contract until November 2026 – £25,334 – Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are SIFA Fireside, the support service for any adult in Birmingham that faces homelessness. For 40 years we have supported Birmingham’s most vulnerable people through Homelessness Intervention, Prevention and Recovery services. The Adult Lead Worker service is based at our main hub in Digbeth but provides city-wide support to adults experiencing multiple disadvantages. This service provides flexible, strengths‑based advice and support to people aged 18 years plus who experience two or more of substance use, poor mental health, history of repeat homelessness and offending history. Clients may also be serially excluded from services or be at risk of exclusion from mainstream services.

This is a targeted service that aims to build resilience, improve health and wellbeing and move people towards independent living at an early stage, in order to prevent or delay the need for crisis interventions. The Lead Workers will also act as a community navigator linking the client into local services and activities, ensuring access to and receipt of necessary care and support that will vary for each client.

Responsibilities

• Ensure service operates in a strength‑based, flexible, psychologically informed approach.
• Provide clients with choice and meaningful involvement in decisions about how they receive support, identifying and setting goals as agreed with them.
• Work proactively to reduce barriers and support clients to access health, mental health and substance use treatment services.
• Manage an active caseload of clients, keeping effective and up‑to‑date records and monitoring outcomes through our CRM database system.
• Work in partnership with other agencies to ensure clients receive a coordinated service (e.g., substance misuse services, DWP, GP’s, pharmacies).

For the full list of Key Tasks, Managerial Responsibilities and Requirements, please see the job description and person specification via the link below.

The closing date is Wednesday 1st July at 9am.