Housing First Coordinator

Are you ready to take the next step in your career supporting vulnerable people in Reading?

Housing First is an innovative approach to supporting the most, excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual’s homelessness.

The Reading Housing First service aims to support hard to reach clients with complex needs; by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives.

As the Housing First Coordinator you will have the opportunity to lead on the development and day-to-day delivery of the service, taking responsibility for line management, support and supervision of Housing First Workers and overseeing case management so they can provide intensive high quality support to their individual caseload of clients.

About you

We are looking for a motivated individual who is looking for an exciting step in their career. Working for 1 of the sectors ground-breaking initiatives to support and end to rough sleeping. If this sounds like you we encourage you to apply if you have:

• Experience managing complex and difficult situations in relations to people, some day to day management/supervision of staff or volunteers orwillingness to develop these skills.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people.
• Understanding of the issues involved in providing support to people with complex support needs including mental and physical health needs, substance dependency and who may be on low (or no) income.

A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

How to apply

Please download the job description where you will find the ‘essential requirements’ for the role, ensure you read this carefully and clearly address the experience, skills, knowledge and abilities from points 1-5 in your supporting statement.

When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Button to start your online application form on the St Mungo’s careers site.

Closing date: 22:59 on 10 November 2026

Interview and assessments on: 19-20 November 2026

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.

Visa sponsorship eligibility

Please note, This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.

Housing First Coordinator

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

RG1 4RJ

£38,763 to £42,377 per year

Permanent - Full-time

Working hours

37.5

Posted 3 days ago

Closing date: 11/11/2026

Job reference: TI1722761ReaHFC

Documents

Completing supporting statement guidance 2025.pdf

Housing First Coordinator Generic JD&PS 2024.pdf

Our values - Committed, Inclusive, Creative, Empowering, and Accountable - are at the heart of how we work together.

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.

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Housing First Coordinator

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

£38,763 to £42,377 per year