Homeless Support Worker

Homes Plus; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Homeless Support Worker, where you will play a vital role in providing support and accommodation to vulnerable individuals. In this position, you will work closely with clients to deliver essential housing management services, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment. Your experience in social work and understanding of housing practices will be invaluable as you navigate the complexities of welfare systems and collaborate with various stakeholders. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in your community while working alongside a dedicated team.

Benefits

27 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Pension with matched contributions

Training and development opportunities

Discounts and offers from shops, cinemas, and more

Qualifications

• Experience working in challenging situations and resilience are key traits.
• Good understanding of housing management best practices and tenancy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support the continued, safe provision of accommodation for vulnerable customers.
• Collaborate with housing management team on repairs and maintenance.

Skills

Support for vulnerable clients

Housing management best practices

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Education

Experience in social work or related field

Knowledge of welfare/benefit systems

Job description

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with supporting people, caring people and driven people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

More About Your Role

We are looking for a Homeless Support Worker to join our team in Mellors Lodge Nottingham to work across our new Young Persons support project. Working within this scheme, you will support the continued, safe provision of accommodation for vulnerable customers in our schemes.

You will work closely with our customers to develop, deliver, and coordinate housing and intensive housing management services to vulnerable people living in temporary dispersed accommodation across the area.

The role involves working with customers, Group employees, outside agencies, and professionals to deliver a holistic service of the highest standard. You will play a key role in signing up new customers and providing advice on welfare/benefit systems. Responsibilities include maintaining the scheme, carrying out risk assessments, health and safety monitoring, and collaborating with the housing management team on repairs, voids, and maintenance.

Please note that you will work 18.12 hours per week over a 7-day period. This post is subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and the receipt of two satisfactory references. For more information, please download our job profile from our website.

More About You

At Places for People, we seek someone as spirited as we are. This is an emotive environment, and we need our staff to be positive and supportive. Experience working in challenging situations and resilience are key traits. Local knowledge to share with our customers is desirable.

You should have a good understanding of housing management best practices, letting procedures, and tenancy compliance. Previous experience supporting vulnerable client groups is essential.

Ideally, you will be confident in IT, a good communicator, and able to influence positively when required.

The Benefits

We are a large, diverse, and ambitious business offering job security and meaningful challenges. Here, people can flourish, thrive, and work in fantastic communities with inspiring colleagues and customers.

Our benefits package includes:

• 27 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Pension with matched contributions
• Training and development opportunities
• Extra perks such as discounts and offers from shops, cinemas, and more