Assistant Independent Living Partner - Temporary

Abri Group; Hollywater; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Abri Group is seeking an Assistant Independent Living Partner to cover the Bordon area (GU35 0TX) on a temporary basis until 31 March 2027. A full driving licence is required with use of a car, as travel is essential.

You will manage housing functions for older residents, be the first contact for tenancy and scheme matters, support welfare referrals, and maintain the social alarm system. You’ll also handle compliance checks and promote resident involvement.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel.
• Good understanding of housing-related issues and IT use.

Responsibilities

• Provide housing management functions in designated schemes for older people.
• Be the first point of contact for tenancy, leasehold and scheme management.
• Support welfare contacts and refer customers to Abri services when needed.
• Manage social alarm system and ensure compliance and health & safety checks.
• Collaborate to maintain resident involvement and community engagement.

Skills

Communication skills

Driving licence

IT literacy

Independent living experience

Tools

Social alarm system

Job description

We are currently looking for an Assistant Independent Living Partner to cover the Bordon area (GU35 0TX) to join us on a temporary basis until the end of march 2027.

Full driving license required with available use of car as travel is essential.

You will be responsible for providing the housing management functions in a designated scheme/properties for older people. You will be the first point of contact for tenancy, leasehold and scheme management for customers living in our Independent Living schemes. You will support customers to receive their agreed welfare contact and, when appropriate, refer customers to services within and external to Abri where these might meet an identified need.

You will also manage the social alarm system, complete all compliance and health and safety checks across relevant buildings and work collaboratively to create and maintain strong resident involvement and community engagement.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be flexible and have an understanding of the needs of older people and in promoting independence. The candidate should have a strong understanding of housing related issues and have confidence in using IT. The position is a lone working role.

Applicants must be prepared to travel and provide cover across the region when required and (by exception) across all Independent Living geography. Applicants need to live within a reasonable distance to the region and patch to be effective in the role.

Applicants will need to be prepared to work flexibly as required, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and outside normal office hours. May be required to respond to critical out-of-hours

emergencies to ensure safe handover and customer safety and wellbeing.

The normal service hours for Independent Living is 8:00am to 16:00pm. If there is a critical and/or major out of hours emergency within the service, the post holder may be contacted to participate in a response.