Assessment & Reconnection Workers

Do you want to work in a role where no day is the same and make a real difference to the lives of people experiencing homelessness in London? The St Mungo’s Pan London Rough Sleeping Team (No Second Night Out) provide a rapid response service, intervening to ensure no one needs to sleep rough, our work is ongoing.

As an Assessment and Reconnection Worker, you will:

• Be part of a busy team environment working closely with people new to, or at risk of rough sleeping.
• Provide a personalised case management service to clients, turning assessment recommendations into practical action plans which fully involve the client.
• Build and maintain effective relationships to support clients throughout their recovery.
• Develop a knowledge of relevant legislation such as welfare benefit and housing legislation.
• Work on the weekly 24/7 rota including weekends and bank holidays, in Mixed Shift roles (Including - early and late day shifts and night shifts).

About you

We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic people to join us. If you have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives then this could be the role for you, you don’t need to have direct experience to succeed in these roles, but should demonstrate the below:

• If you have good interpersonal and listening skills, patience and resilience and the ability to adapt to new situations we will provide you with the rest through our training and development programs where you will develop the skills to provide high-quality person-centred support to clients.
• Good organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload including admin tasks, record keeping and client work.
• If you have a good understanding of the complex issues faced by homeless people, the ability to manage complex behaviours and work with people who are facing a difficult personal or emotional situation, we encourage you to apply!

NSNO is the largest assessment service commissioned in the UK for people experiencing rough sleeping. St Mungo’s have been delivering this innovative service since 2011, the team continue to use their expert knowledge, learning and proven success as part of the Pan London Rough Sleeping Service to provide a rapid response, and intervention to ensure no one needs to sleep rough.

St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.

How to apply

Click the ‘Apply Now’ Button at the top of the page to start your online application form. To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10 am on 29th September 2026

Interview and assessments on: 8th - 12th October 2026

About Us

Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.

What We Offer

We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued, and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.

• A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ+, Womens Action, Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
• Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
• A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
• Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff, unconscious bias training for managers, and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
• In recognition of the importance of transparency, we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky, but with family friendly policies, flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance, we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them. These include:

• Agile working model for suitable roles.
• Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
• 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years’ service.
• Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave.
• Carers leave, and fertility treatment leave.
• Financial wellbeing platform offering loans, advances and saving options.
• Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app – 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice.
• Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
• Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.

At St Mungo’s we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. That’s why we have a robust induction, training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungo’s.

• Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
• Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
• Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums, internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.

A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate. Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.