Homeless Support Worker

£14 Umbrella ph

37.5 Monday- Friday

Temporary- Permanent

Burnley, Lancashire

We are currently working on behalf of a not-for-profit organisation, who is recruiting for a Homeless Support Worker to join their team on a temporary- permanent basis. The service provides support to those facing homelessness and/or roguh sleeping across Burnley.

Responsibilities of the Housing Support Worker includes:

  • Working across dispersed accommodation in Burnley supporting clients facing homelessness with low level needs
  • Providing resettlement and housing management support to a portfolio of customers within a supported housing project or dispersed tenancy
  • Encouraging independent living
  • Promoting tenancy sustainment
  • Assisting clients to maximise their income
  • Completing the induction process with new clients
  • Assisting with the access to training, education and employment opportunities
  • Signposting clients to other services within the community
  • Completing housing benefit, council tax and universal credit claims
  • Conducting risk and needs assessments
  • Enhanced DBS
  • Driver and access to a vehicle