Housing Intervention Officer

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

Job summary

Pobl Group is seeking a passionate Housing Intervention Officer to join their Young Persons Shared Accommodation service in Gwent. This full-time role focuses on supporting homeless young individuals aged 18-25 by providing housing-related assistance, teaching budgeting skills, and helping with benefit applications.

Benefits

26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Sick Pay

Enhanced DBS paid by employer

Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)

Free counselling service

Health Cash Plan

Training and progression opportunities

Employee Discounts

Mileage Paid at 45p per mile

Qualifications

• Drivers licence and access to a car is essential.
• Good level of knowledge of welfare benefits and housing issues.
• Ability to adapt to engage a diverse clientele.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own caseload.
• Traveling to clients' homes and providing intensive support.
• Writing support plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Knowledge of welfare benefits

Housing legislation

Interpersonal skills

Budgeting skills

Job description

Summary

We are looking for an engaging and passionate Housing Intervention Officer to join our Young Persons Shared Accommodation service in Gwent on a full-time, permanent basis

Overview

This service provides housing related support to homeless young people aged 18 to 25. It provides these incredible individuals, who have been vulnerably housed, rough sleeping, in temporary accommodation and existing supported housing services, with an affordable tenancy in a shared accommodation.

It is essential that the successful candidate holds a drivers licence and has access to a car.

Where does the role fit in?

Our Young Persons Shared Accommodation service supports up to 32 young people to enable them to live independently across Caerphilly, Newport, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen. You would be working with them to set up and manage their tenancy through teaching them budgeting skills and supporting with benefit applications or queries. This is an exciting opportunity as this is a new service and a new approach to supporting young people who would otherwise not be able to afford or find a property for themselves.

Day To Day Duties

As a Housing Intervention Officer your day will consist of:

• Managing your own caseload
• Traveling to the people we support’s homes
• Engaging and interacting with the people we support (intensive support)
• Helping our young people get set up in their new tenancy
• Writing support plans, risk assessments and reviews.
• Keeping accurate records of interactions with our service users.
• Teaching budget skills to ensure rent is paid
• Supporting with benefit queries and applications so a good knowledge and understanding is required
• Supporting with any housing issues (this can include support with cleaning, laundry, gardening, teaching cooking skills)
• Working with external agencies and signposting the people we support to the appropriate services suited to their needs
• Support to access work, education and training (support with CV writing, job applications, interview techniques)
• Support to access appropriate health services (Mental health services, GP, Dentist)
  
  

Our aim is to ensure we equip these individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to manage their home independently.

You will work with a range of different personalities and behaviours so you will need to be able to adapt your approach to engage with a diverse cliental as well as a good level of knowledge of welfare benefits, housing legislation and the issues faced by young people at risk of homelessness.

Pobl Benefits

• Full-time permanent position
• Competitive salary of £28,143.00
• Work Pattern: The working hours and days are predominantly Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, but flexibility is required to deal with emergencies and appointments
• 26 days holiday entitlement (pro rata) plus Bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service
• Health Cash Plan
• Savings Scheme
• Training and progression opportunities
• Pobl Wellbeing Team
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Discounts
• Mileage Paid at 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, please contact [e-mail]

What do you need to do now?

If you have the skills and experience required to be our next difference maker, please apply now. We are interviewing quickly so please don’t delay in applying.