Housing Interventions Worker in Usk)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Usk; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Contributory Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Days

Cycle to work scheme

Death in Service Payment

Job summary

The Forward Trust is recruiting a Housing Interventions Worker to prevent homelessness and support people on probation to access safe accommodation. Based across Gwent with travel to Caerphilly and Pontypool offices, you will work full-time (35 hours) supporting men on probation and those preparing for release from custody.

Deliver 1:1 housing advice, assess housing needs, source private rented options, and partner with landlords, housing providers and local authorities.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of housing and welfare benefits systems.
• Experience providing housing, rehousing or welfare benefits advice.
• Experience assessing adults with housing and wider support needs, including substance misuse.
• Experience developing support plans to help people secure and maintain tenancies.
• Understanding homelessness, abstinence-based recovery and challenges faced by people with multiple disadvantages, including mental ill health, unemployment and substance use.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a passion for helping people achieve lasting change.

Responsibilities

• Delivering 1:1 housing advice and interventions to prevent homelessness and improve housing opportunities.
• Completing housing needs assessments and developing tailored action plans.
• Sourcing suitable private rented accommodation, including shared houses, studios and one-bedroom properties.
• Building relationships with landlords, letting agents, local authorities and housing providers.
• Supporting clients with tenancy agreements, rent negotiations and referrals to specialist services.
• Working with prison, probation and Camau colleagues to achieve positive outcomes and reduce reoffending.
• Ensuring accommodation meets relevant safety standards and legal requirements.

Skills

Housing advice

Welfare benefits

Housing assessments

Support planning

Homelessness awareness

Communication skills

Job description

Housing Interventions Worker

Location: Gwent, Caerphilly, HMP Prescoed, HMP Usk, Torfaen (Pontypool)

Salary : £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Want to make a real difference in preventing homelessness and helping people build a more stable future?

Join us as a Housing Interventions Worker, working full-time (35 hours per week) across Gwent. You'll be based at Torfaen Probation Office in Pontypool, with travel to Caerphilly Probation Office, HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed, supporting men on probation and those preparing for release from custody to access safe, suitable accommodation.

What you'll be doing

• Delivering 1:1 housing advice and interventions to prevent homelessness and improve housing opportunities.


• Completing housing needs assessments and developing tailored action plans.


• Sourcing suitable private rented accommodation, including shared houses, studios and one-bedroom properties.


• Building relationships with landlords, letting agents, local authorities and housing providers.


• Supporting clients with tenancy agreements, rent negotiations and referrals to specialist services.


• Working with prison, probation and Camau colleagues to achieve positive outcomes and reduce reoffending.


• Ensuring accommodation meets relevant safety standards and legal requirements.

What we're looking for

• Good knowledge of housing and welfare benefits systems.


• Experience providing housing, rehousing or welfare benefits advice.


• Experience assessing adults with housing and wider support needs, including substance misuse.


• Experience developing support plans to help people secure and maintain tenancies.


• An understanding of homelessness, abstinence-based recovery and the challenges faced by people experiencing multiple disadvantages, including mental ill health, unemployment and substance use.


• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a passion for helping people achieve lasting change.

All probation-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 6-8 weeks to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

• Flexible working


• Support for Families - We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace.


• Training and development opportunities


• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)


• Season Ticket Loan Scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Crisis Loan Scheme


• Electric Car Scheme


• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)


• Access to Blue Light Card


• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays


• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter


• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)


• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.