{"id":17538,"date":"2025-02-04T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/?p=17538"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:00:38","slug":"how-to-get-started-working-in-the-homelessness-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/how-to-get-started-working-in-the-homelessness-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started Working in the Homelessness Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":17541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,7470],"class_list":["post-17538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-career-change","tag-career-path"],"acf":{"job_search_bottom_form":false,"image":17541,"background":17541,"excerpt":"Interested in working with homeless people? Learn about the skills and experience you need to get started working in the homelessness sector.","contenttypes":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"","content":"Are you looking for a new job, or career, that genuinely helps people? Are you interested in joining a sector that creates meaningful change? The homelessness sector is a lifeline of support for hundreds of thousands of people without a place to call home."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"How many people are homeless in the UK?","content":"

How many people are homeless in the UK?<\/h2>\r\nThis is a difficult question to answer, as there are different types of homelessness and not all are visible. However, from the latest figures<\/a> we estimate that 3,069 people sleep rough on a typical night and approximately 288,470 households contact councils for help with homelessness per year."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Careers working with people who are homeless","content":"

Careers working with people who are homeless<\/h2>\r\nAt Homeless Link<\/a>, we\u2019ve designed a framework<\/a> to show what a career in homelessness looks like. Homeless Link's National Homelessness Skills Framework<\/a> is a key resource to support the learning and development of the housing and homelessness workforce. It creates a common skills language and describes the different roles that are available in the homelessness sector, including case studies from frontline workers to bring the roles to life.\u00a0\u00a0By using the framework, you can see how your current skills, knowledge and behaviours could be transferrable to a frontline homelessness role.\r\nWhether you\u2019re just starting out in your career or you\u2019re looking for a change, you can join a passionate, dedicated workforce who are making a tangible difference for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed.\r\n\"Young\r\n<\/strong>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","menu_title":"Frontline roles available","content":"

Frontline roles available<\/h2>\r\nThe homelessness sector has a wide variety of roles that work directly with people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. These roles often focus on providing practical support and guidance. Some examples include:\r\n