Strategic Housing & Reentry Partner – North East

Ministry of Justice; North Carolina; On-site; USD 64,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is seeking a Strategic Housing Specialist for the North East, covering HMP Durham and HMP YOI Deerbolt. The role is permanent, non-operational, with travel to establishments as required and no line management responsibilities.

You will work across prisons to improve housing outcomes for leavers, collaborating with probation, CRS and Homelessness Prevention Teams to implement sustainable change and data-driven service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the strategic response of a cluster of prisons to improve housing outcomes for prison leavers.
• Strengthen and support partnership working between prisons, housing stakeholders and resettlement agencies.
• Identify existing structures/partnerships to address homelessness from custody and develop new solutions.
• Champion delivery of the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) and Duty to Refer (DtR) within the prison.
• Promote Accommodation CRS work within the prison and support embedding with the prison Senior Leadership Team.
• Work with Probation Regions delivering the Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3 temporary accommodation provision.
• Ensure Duty to Refer has been discharged appropriately and explore other accommodation options before a CAS3 referral.
• Work with Regional Probation and Homelessness Prevention Team to maximise interim accommodation at release.
• Support and upskill staff to identify and address accommodation needs and referrals.
• Promote work to prepare prison leavers to sustain community accommodation, e.g., tenancy readiness training.
• Support prisons and partners to improve data quality and use related to housing outcomes.
• Work with partners to ensure referrals under the DtR are efficient and effective.
• Design and deliver training on homelessness within prison and criminal justice agencies.
• Promote HRA and DtR amongst prisoners to address myths and housing expectations.
• Develop pre-release assessments with Local Authorities in response to DTRs via telephone, video and in-person assessments.

Job description

Ministry of Justice is seeking a Strategic Housing Specialist for the North East, covering HMP Durham and HMP YOI Deerbolt. The role is permanent, non-operational, with travel to establishments as required and no line management responsibilities.

You will work across prisons to improve housing outcomes for leavers, collaborating with probation, CRS and Homelessness Prevention Teams to implement sustainable change and data-driven service delivery.