Homeless Centre Support Officer

Red Snapper Recruitment Limited; Sandwell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a compassionate Homeless Centre Support Officer in Sandwell. This frontline role involves delivering tenancy support within temporary accommodation, ensuring safety, and assisting vulnerable residents in moving to long-term housing. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, empathy, and the ability to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience in housing or support work is desirable. This is a 3-month contract role offering £12 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience in housing, homelessness, support work, or similar roles is desirable.
• Strong commitment to supporting vulnerable residents is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality, person-centred tenancy support service.
• Manage tenancy breaches and escalate issues when necessary.
• Ensure transparency, safety, and security of residents and staff.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Organization

Resilience

Job description

Red Snapper Recruitment are seeking a compassionate, proactive Homeless Centre Support Officer to join our client in the Housing Solutions & Support Service. In this vital frontline role, you will deliver a responsive, customer-focused tenancy support service within our temporary accommodation (TA) settings. Your work will directly help residents sustain their placements, develop independence, and successfully move on into secure, long-term housing.

3 month contract

12_phone per hour PAYE

Bushmere House, Birmingham

You will also play a key role in the day-to‑day operation of the homeless centre, ensuring a safe, well‑managed environment that meets legislative requirements and supports positive resident outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Tenancy Support & Resident Engagement

• Deliver a high-quality, person-centred TA tenancy support service.
• Issue licence agreements, complete resident inductions, and facilitate group meetings.
• Support residents to access services identified in their Personal Housing and Move‑On Plans.
• Make referrals, help residents build support networks, and encourage engagement in community activities.
• Provide housing and homelessness advice to enable timely and successful move‑on.

Income & Tenancy Management

• Process Housing Benefit / DHP forms and liaise with finance colleagues to reduce rent arrears.
• Monitor and gchar income in line with agreed procedures.
• Manage tenancy breaches, issuing warnings appropriately and escalating serious issues.
• Attend court evictions when required and support TA suitability review processes.

Void & Building Management

• Manfi void rooms to ensure units bipolar ready for immediate placement, including inspections, repairs, inventories, and occasional cleaning / bed making.
• Ensure the homeless centre maintains sufficient capacity to accommodate urgent placements.
• Report maintenance issues, arrange emergency repairs, and monitor health & safety standards.

Safety, Safeguarding & Compliance

• Ensure Transparency safety and security of residents, visitors and staff, including managing building access and Sorgen-Sign‑in systems.
• Report safeguarding concerns and health & safety risks.
• Carry out routine fire tests, risk assessments, and building inspections.
• Follow Council and legislative requirements, including Data Protection, Health & Safety, and safeguarding duties.

Teamwork & Service Development

• Work collaboratively with caseworkers and other Housing Solutions teams.
• Build effective relationships with local partners, statutory agencies, and community organisations.
• Support service reviews, complaints responses, and implementation of new processes.
• Provide flexible support across centres, including covering alternative shifts as required.

About You

• Empathetic, resilient, and confident working with vulnerable people.
• Organised with excellent communication skills.
• Able to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Committed to safeguarding and high-quality service delivery.

Experience in housing, homelessness, support work, or similar roles is desirable, but a strong commitment to supporting vulnerable residents is essential.

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay £75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.

Due to the high volume of applicationsSV recovered, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.

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