Prevention Officer in Cardiff

3 weeks ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Council Full time

Housing Options provide assistance, and the Council's corporate duty to help clients who are homeless or under threat of becoming homeless. The service provides assistance to often vulnerable people when they are at greatest need.

About the job

Prevention Officers will complete homeless assessments and then help clients to remain in their homes or help them find and move into new accommodation through innovative solutions.

The post holder will provide a case worker bespoke service to clients, working with them to understand how their housing problem occurred and how to resolve this and help prevent issues occurring again in the future.

What We Are Looking For From You

The post holder will need to have; team-working skills, the ability to produce innovative solutions and be forward-thinking to help develop the service. The post holder will be required to provide excellent outcomes for vulnerable clients and high-quality customer service.

Experience of homeless legislation and working with the public will be an advantage. You may be required to work until 19:00 hours to meet the demands of a very busy service.

Additional information

This post is temporary until 31/03/2025.

Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced checks.

This vacancy is suitable for post share.

We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

We understand you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, original and does not include ideas or work that is not your own.



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