Sustainable Housing Support Worker

Enfield Council; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the UK is seeking a Sustainable Housing Support Worker to join their Street Homelessness Service. The role involves providing housing support to former rough sleepers and empowering tenants. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a good understanding of housing and homelessness practices. This position offers a blend of remote and office-based working with various benefits including generous annual leave and a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Up to 32 days annual leave

Interest free season ticket loan

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ambitious, proactive, collaborative, highly motivated.
• Willingness to work outside of office hours on occasion.
• Solid understanding of safeguarding practices for vulnerable households.

Responsibilities

• Provide housing related support services to former rough sleepers.
• Empower tenants to maintain their tenancies.
• Move clients into appropriate longer-term accommodation.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Creative problem-solving skills

Knowledge of welfare, housing and homelessness practice

Job description

Overview

Ending Homelessness in Enfield. Our homelessness service is focused on homelessness prevention, reducing temporary accommodation and ending street homelessness. Our Housing Advisory Service delivers sustainable housing outcomes for Enfield residents through a range of services, including data-driven early intervention, community outreach, specialist practice teams and a street homelessness service. We are seeking proactive, outcome focused people to join our Street Homelessness Service. The Street Homelessness Service has been set the ambitious target to end rough sleeping in Enfield.

Sustainable Housing Support Worker - Secondment/Fixed Term role until March 2026. We are recruiting for a Sustainable Housing Support Worker, to work within the Street Homelessness Accommodation Team, part of the Street Homelessness Service. The Street Homelessness Accommodation Team provide housing related support services to former rough sleepers across several distinct supported housing projects including – Housing First, Dispersed, and Shared Accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Street Homelessness Accommodation Team to provide housing related support services to former rough sleepers across supported housing projects (Housing First, Dispersed, Shared Accommodation).
• Empower tenants to maintain their tenancies and engage with support services via our multidisciplinary partnership process.
• Move clients into longer term appropriate accommodation where possible.
• Demonstrate ambition, proactivity and collaboration; communicate effectively and solve problems creatively.
• Be willing to work outside of office hours on occasion and work independently when required.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of safeguarding practices for vulnerable households.

Qualifications

• Ambitious, proactive, collaborative, highly motivated and ready for a new challenge.
• Strong communication and creative problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work outside of office hours on occasion; ability to work independently.
• Good knowledge of welfare, housing and homelessness practice.
• Solid understanding of safeguarding practices for vulnerable households.
• Drive to empower tenants to maintain their tenancies and engage with support services via multidisciplinary partnership processes.

Contact and how to apply

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Selwyn Albert on 07356 141457 for an informal discussion. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Vickie McGrath at [e-mail] or at 020 8132 1053.

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Benefits

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

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