Housing First Co-Ordinator

Pobl Group; Wales; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing organization in Wales is seeking a Housing First Coordinator to provide vital support to individuals experiencing homelessness. The successful candidate will engage with clients, manage assessments, and collaborate with external services to ensure clients receive appropriate care and support. This permanent full-time role offers a salary of £28,143 per year, and requires resilience and compassion to effectively address complex needs.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Sick Pay

Wellbeing and psychological support

Internal progression opportunities

45p per mile allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering housing-related support.
• Full driver's licence and access to a car.
• Experience working with people with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload.
• Engage with people sleeping rough.
• Conduct risk and housing assessments.
• Provide advice on housing options.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Communication

Risk Assessment

Job description

Summary

We are looking for an engaging and compassionate person who is experienced in delivering housing related support, to join our Rhondda Cynon Taf Housing First team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Overview

It is essential that the successful candidate has a full drivers licence, access to a car and business insurance.

What is great about the role?

The Housing First Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring that Housing First clients receive appropriate assessment of their housing issues. You will assist clients to find and maintain a safe and secure home through the local Housing First Landlord Network or any other suitable alternative.

The role can be challenging but rewarding. You will have a chance to develop and introduce a more effective and supportive approach to dealing and responding to problematic behaviour, as well as finding creative solutions to working with clients with complex needs. A new approach can be difficult to achieve but can make the difference between someone returning to the streets or being able to move on from homelessness for good.

Day To Day Duties

As a Housing First Co-Ordinator, your day will consist of:

• Managing your own caseload
• Working directly with people who are sleeping rough on the streets
• Engaging and interacting with the people we support to establish goals to work towards
• Carrying out Risk Assessments
• Carrying out housing and support assessments with the people we support
• Providing advice on finances, health, welfare benefits, housing options and tenancy management skills
• Working with external agencies and signposting the people we support to the appropriate services suited to their needs, specifically treatment and mental health services
  
  

Our goal is to ensure we equip the people we support with the knowledge and tools they need to manage their home independently and tackle their other support needs through engaging them with the right services. This can be challenging when you are working with people with substance misuse issues, mental health issues, chaotic lifestyles, and people who are disengaged after having already been through many other services. Therefore, resilience, compassion and experience are essential for this role.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to make a real difference to someone’s life and help them, build on their confidence and skills to manage their own their own tenancies within the RCT area.

Pobl Benefits

• Full-time 37hrs, Permanent position
• The salary for this position is: £28,143.00
• Work Pattern: predominantly Monday – Friday although flexibility is required depending on the needs of the service
• For this role you will require an Enhanced DBS check, which we pay for.
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Bespoke learning pathway with the support from an experienced Learning and Development team
• Internal Progression
• Wellbeing and psychological support
• Time for Talk service
• 45p per mile
  
  

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, [e-mail] or 0300 3735262

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey.

Further information on the role can also be found on the Job Description.