Job Title: Supported Housing Officer
Location: Tudor House, Nailsea
Salary: GBP26,000 – GBP28,000 per annum
Job Type: Part-time / Temporary – 8-month FTC
Hours: 24 hours per week Flexible hours between 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Excluding bank holidays and weekends
Elim Housing is an Aspirational, Flexible and Diverse organisation. We provide services to around 800 individuals and families and we are actively building new homes and developing new initiatives. Providing Supported Housing for over 30 years and Floating Support since 2003, we are currently for a Supported Housing Officer to join our team on part-time basis. This is a temporary 8 month contract
This is an exciting opportunity to work at Tudor House, a small supported accommodation service for 16-25 year olds in Nailsea, North Somerset. The successful candidate will provide a wide range of housing management and support services to our residents at Tudor House, along with delivering a low level of support to our residents around Education, Employment and Training.
The successful candidate will have a background working with vulnerable people in a housing or support related environment. Experience of working with young people in a Psychologically Informed way and delivering guidance and advice around Education, Employment and Training is desirable though not essential, as comprehensive training and induction will be provided. We are more interested in finding the right candidate who will embrace Elim’s culture and our way of working and has a genuine passion for making a difference.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with strong communication, organisational and IT skills. The ideal candidate will be someone with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude who sees the strengths and needs of our clients as central to everything we do.
The role is 24 hours per week. We are flexible and open to discussion about how these hours would be worked. You will lone work the majority of the time and will need access to your own car in order to carry out your duties.
If you are self-motivating, and are proactive about getting the job done whilst retaining contact with your manager, we would love to hear from you!
What you will be doing:
* Monitor and manage rent accounts, ensuring arrears are addressed in line with organisational procedure
* Establish and maintain trusting relationships with individuals, maintaining regular contact and facilitating a co -produced planned programme of support. establish and maintain trusting relationships with individuals, maintaining regular contact and facilitating a co -produced planned programme of support
* Deliver welfare benefits and budgeting advice to individuals to ensure their income is maximised and financial resilience and capacity increased
* Assist individuals to identify and access appropriate move on accommodation
* Promote opportunities and encourage the raising of aspirations of the individuals you support in education, training and employment
What you will need to be successful:
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing, tailoring to induvial need when required
* Ability to work in partnership with multiple agencies, including statutory agencies to improve outcomes for those receiving our services
* Empathy with the causes of homelessness for vulnerable parents and the barriers they face.
* Ability to identify and raise the aspirations of those receiving our services, encouraging education, training and employment
* Ability to maintain accurate and up to date records by using common Microsoft Office packages, Excel, Word, Outlook and other systems and software
Benefits:
* 25 days annual holiday rising to 30 days.
* Paid day off for your birthday each year.
* Access to training and career development through Elim Skills Academy
* Company pension.
* Life Assurance.
* Health cash plan, which includes discounts to a wide range of shops and services.
* Free on street parking
* Paid one day volunteer leave.
* Mileage expenses reimbursed.
How :
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Social Housing Advisor, Housing Needs Assistant, Housing Officer, Housing Support Officer, Housing Assistant, Housing Officer, Housing Services, Housing Assistant, Social Housing Assistant, Supported Housing Officer, Social Housing Worker, Housing Administrator may also be considered for this role.
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