Home Adaptations Officer

Colchester City Council; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester City Council is seeking a Home Adaptations Officer to support vulnerable residents to stay safe and independent at home, providing a technical surveying and advisory service to enable adaptations, improvements and repairs to dwellings with grant or loan aid.

The role offers hybrid working (2 days remote) in Colchester, and requires coordinating with the Healthy Homes team and Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries, prepare detailed specifications and liaise

Qualifications

• Manage a busy workload and work with team members including Home Adaptations Officers, Caseworkers, Coordinator and Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries from receipt to completion.

Responsibilities

• Process grant and loan enquiries from receipt to completion.
• Prepare detailed specifications and technical drawings for adaptations.
• Liaise with contractors to obtain quotes and monitor works.
• Submit applications for permissions and approvals.
• Collaborate with frontline health professionals to remove housing-related barriers to better health.

Job description

Colchester is Britain’s First City, and Britain’s Newest City. A wealth of heritage buildings, coastline and Constable countryside surrounds a modern City that is rapidly changing to match our thriving population growth. We have a new vision to modernise our services to match the future needs of the city and our next generations as our team culture.

The Council are seeking a Home Adaptations Officer to support vulnerable residents to remain safe and independent in their home by providing an effective technical surveying and advice service to enable adaptation, improvement and repair work to dwellings with grant or loan aid.

Duties of the role

We are expanding our Healthy Homes team in order to deliver a range of financial assistance schemes to improve housing conditions. We have a large Disabled Facilities Grants programme and offer other discretionary forms of financial assistance to residents.

We are looking for an individual that can manage a busy workload and work with the other members of the team including the Home Adaptations Officers, Caseworkers, Coordinator and Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries through from receipt, property inspection, preparing detailed specifications, detailed technical drawings, liaising with contractors to obtain quotes, submitting appropriate applications for permissions and monitoring works through to completion.

Colchester City Council recognises that housing conditions are a key determinant of health and wellbeing and that a citizens environment plays a key role in protecting, sustaining and improving people’s quality of life.

Our approach is to consider the home environment and individuals holistically and the Healthy Homes Team makes use of the full range of Council resources available. We work closely with front line health and social care professionals to identify and remove housing related barriers to better health, particularly for our vulnerable residents.

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Home Adaptations Officer

Company: Colchester City Council Salary: £39,321 to £44,039 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Colchester, CO3 3WG Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 15 Oct 2026 Closing date: 10 Nov 2026

Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Civic Offices and Homeworking

Interview date to be confirmed

Colchester is Britain’s First City, and Britain’s Newest City. A wealth of heritage buildings, coastline and Constable countryside surrounds a modern City that is rapidly changing to match our thriving population growth. We have a new vision to modernise our services to match the future needs of the city and our next generations as our team culture.

The Council are seeking a Home Adaptations Officer to support vulnerable residents to remain safe and independent in their home by providing an effective technical surveying and advice service to enable adaptation, improvement and repair work to dwellings with grant or loan aid.

Duties of the role

We are expanding our Healthy Homes team in order to deliver a range of financial assistance schemes to improve housing conditions. We have a large Disabled Facilities Grants programme and offer other discretionary forms of financial assistance to residents.

We are looking for an individual that can manage a busy workload and work with the other members of the team including the Home Adaptations Officers, Caseworkers, Coordinator and Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries through from receipt, property inspection, preparing detailed specifications, detailed technical drawings, liaising with contractors to obtain quotes, submitting appropriate applications for permissions and monitoring works through to completion.

Colchester City Council recognises that housing conditions are a key determinant of health and wellbeing and that a citizens environment plays a key role in protecting, sustaining and improving people’s quality of life.

Our approach is to consider the home environment and individuals holistically and the Healthy Homes Team makes use of the full range of Council resources available. We work closely with front line health and social care professionals to identify and remove housing related barriers to better health, particularly for our vulnerable residents.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.