Homeless Support Officer

Working in housing can be incredibly rewarding as you can make a real difference to peoples' lives.We are looking to recruit an experienced housing professional to provide a focus on supporting people at risk of homeless and those at risk of rough sleeping, to both prevent and to relieve homelessness. The postholder will be expected to provide assertive outreach, to assess needs and any underlying causes that may result in the customer becoming homeless, advising onoptionsand ensuring their needs are met. This job role will involve working with those at risk of homelessness and helping customers who are sleeping rough to move off the streets and into emergency accommodation, to create a pathway plan into sustainable housing that includes addressing barriers to re-housing. To deliver a pre-tenancy programme for those living within emergency accommodation, The postholder will berequiredto work in partnership to provide an integrated homeless prevention programme and to attend meetings and liaise with outside organisations asrequired. Please note,the successful postholder willrequire a standard DBS check, which will be undertaken as part of our pre-employment checks., Our staff are at the heart of what we do and are key to ensuring we deliver our We are Wychavon DistrictCouncilplan(attached)tomake apositivedifference to ourcommunities,oureconomyandourenvironment.We are always looking to recruit,developandretainthevery besttalent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as

• Be customer focused and dedicated to providing an excellent service
• Have previous experience of working in a housing or customer service environment
• Be a team player who can work well with others and is able to innovate / act on own initiative whilst being responsive to the needs of others
• Have good I.T. skills
• Be able to prioritise a varied workload
• Be able to deal with difficult situations in a calm and caring manner
• Have a sound working knowledge of housing including welfare benefits and the underlying causes of homelessness and associated needs such as mental health, substance misuse and alcohol dependency.
• Be advising and assisting all customers on complex housing matters relating to homelessness with a focus on partnership working. An aptitude for working with people who may display challenging behaviour and be experiencing difficult circumstances
• Be required to travel across the district to attend meetings and appointments., Disability Confident
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• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.
We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role. Please note:WychavonDistrict Council does not currently offer sponsorshipfor candidateswithoutthe Right to Work in the UK.