Homeless Prevention Coordinator

St Basils; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St Basils is the largest organisation in the West Midlands working exclusively with young people aged 16–25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. As a Homeless Prevention Coordinator your main purpose is to lead on the delivery of the Homeless Prevention Service within St Basils Youth Hubs, with a clear focus on Early intervention/Prevention and reducing the flow of youth homelessness.

This role involves managing the Homeless Prevention team, working in partnership with the Local

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinated quality assessment process
• Development of comprehensive Personal Housing Plans
• Offering homeless prevention (to include mediation and home visits) and Relief Duties
• Co-ordinated case management/ support with complex cases through partnership working with relevant agencies
• Ensuring appropriate support is achieved and maintained suitable outcomes
• Issuing of appropriate statutory notifications
• Promotion of the service in the community
• Effective signposting of customers based on identified needs

Job description

As a Homeless Prevention Coordinator your main purpose is to lead on the delivery of the Homeless Prevention Service within St Basils Youth Hubs, with a clear focus on; Early intervention/Prevention. You will be responsible for managing the Homeless Prevention team and working in partnership with the Local Authority and other organisations with the aim of reducing the flow of youth homelessness.

The main focus of this service is to provide the single point of access for all young people aged 16 to 25, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

This will be provided through:

• Co-ordinated quality assessment process,
• Development of comprehensive Personal Housing Plans
• Offering homeless prevention (to include mediation and home visits) and Relief Duties
• Co-ordinated case management/ support with complex cases through partnership working with relevant agencies.
• Ensuring appropriate support is achieved and maintained suitable outcomes.
• Issuing of appropriate statutory notifications
• Promotion of the service in the community
• Effective signposting of customers based on identified needs

The Charity

St Basils is the largest organisation in the West Midlands working exclusively with young people aged 16–25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Every year, we support more than 4,000 young people across Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wyre Forest, and Coventry.

Through our prevention, accommodation, and support services, we help young people build the stability, skills, and confidence they need to move towards independent living, education, training, and employment, breaking the cycle of homelessness and creating brighter futures.

Each year, more than 1,000 young people are supported in our 45+ accommodation schemes, including some young parents and their children.

Alongside our regional services, St Basils works nationally with young people and partners through our Youth Voice programme and our Positive Pathway Framework, helping to influence and improve services across the country.

If you are passionate about helping young people build brighter futures and want to be part of an organisation that makes a difference every day, we would love to hear from you.

St Basils is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, committed to employing, keeping and developing all our people. We want everyone’s recruitment journey with us to be positive and fair.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments, additional support, or accessibility assistance during the application process.

Proof of right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in line with UK Home Office requirements before an employment offer can be confirmed.

St Basils is committed to safeguarding young people and ensuring our recruitment processes minimise potential risks. We are an official registered provider of Ofsted Supported Accommodation Services (registration number 2762394).

All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, full employment history checks and references covering the required period.

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A Charity – registered with the Charity Commission (number 1080154)
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