Lived Experience Co-ordinator (Housing Support Grant (HSG) Evaluation)

As a Housing Support Grant evaluation co-ordinator within our Liverpool Big Life service, you will focus on working with the Liverpool team to provide a first-class service to individuals that are accessing Housing Support Grant (HSG) services (The prehab service, the aftercare and move on service, the community support service and the lived experience workforce development service).

You will recruit Experts by Experience e to work within a support team providing the opportunities for service users from the HSG projects to tell their stories and to research the effectiveness of these services.

You will work within Liverpool Support Hub to give vulnerable adults a safe environment to get support and engage with activities.

• Experience of working with individuals (1-2-1) in different settings to help them achieve their goals.


• Experience of working with a range of agencies and organisations to develop effective working relationships.


• Experience in one or more of the following fields: homelessness, addiction, mental health, physical health, employment, social inclusion.


• Ability to manage a varied and complex workload effectively.


• Ability to deal with and de-escalate difficult situations in a calm manner.


• Personal resilience and flexible attitude in the face of difficulties.


• You need an enhanced level DBS check for this role.
  
  Big Life is in the business of changing lives. We fight inequality by working with people and places to create opportunities and inspire change. The Big Life group works to develop partnerships with communities, decision-makers, and services to widen opportunities, grow local assets and build resilience.


Our services work with people on all areas of their life and help them with the things that matter most to them, working with them to remove all the obstacles to changing their life for the better. We help people see the skills and support they already have so they can build on it. This is known as working in the Big Life Way.


• A full-time contract (until 31 March 2025) with an annual salary of NJC Scale 14 - £27,344 (we would consider a job share of 16 hours)


• 25 days holiday, and 30 once you've been here five years


• A relaxed culture where you are expected to plan your own day, take breaks when you need them and enjoy your work, with a mixture of outdoor, mobile and lone work.


• Ongoing personal and professional development through regular supervision


• A supportive, flexible approach to managing staff health and wellbeing, including a wide range of perks, schemes and support.