Housing Sustainability Officer
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, skilled worker to join this newly formed service supporting clients in their home to prevent homelessness. We are looking for a permanent full-time post.
Our focus is to work with clients who are homeless or may become homeless due to issues with their tenancy. This service will work with singles, couples and families. You will be completing assessments with complex clients, identifying their support needs and working with both them and other agencies to work on the support plan, build relationships and embed them into the community that they live.
If you join us, you will be using trauma informed practices and the signs of safety framework to deliver an excellent service to our clients. Our ambition is to support our clients, identify a package of support to ensure they can sustain their tenancy, be safe and can reach their full potential.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
