Prevention and Casework Officer

5 months ago

Bodmin, United Kingdom Cornwall Council Full time

**Want a job that makes a real difference?**

**Help tackle homelessness**

We are providing critical help and support to 1000s of households every year in Cornwall who are facing homelessness or who are already homeless. We offer a variety of exciting and challenging roles from providing early “upstream” prevention support for people experiencing issues that may need to lead to homelessness to helping families move from emergency accommodation into a settled home and everything in between. Whatever the role, you will be working with passionate, supportive colleagues committed to make a difference to our communities and our residents.

If you have no direct experience of working in homelessness but you have energy, learn quickly, are caring and have great people skills then we still want to hear from you We can teach you the rest.

“Ive been working for the local authority for over 25 years and I love my job. I work with amazing colleagues and although the work is challenging I start each day knowing that I can make a real difference” Jon Warner - Housing Options Service Manager.

The role is accountable for the following:

- Provide a highly professional, empathic and client-centred response for clients approaching with a range of housing and homelessness problems, treating the clients with respect and sensitivity at all times
- Determining what duties are owed and can be ended under the Housing Act Part VII Housing Act 1996 (as amended) and issuing the relevant decisions in a timely manner and in accordance with the legislation
- With the client and relevant partner agencies, developing, a robust risk and needs assessment and Personalised Housing plan outlining key objectives and actions required to prevent or relieve their homelessness.
- Give timely and accurate housing and homelessness advice to the client in a way that they can understand and act on
- Using highly developed interpersonal skills build; rapport and influential relationships with the clients that empower them to act on our advice and prevent or relieve their own homelessness, and, professional, positive and mutually beneficial relationships with landlords and a diverse range of other organisations and agencies to help facilitate the prevention and relief of our clients homelessness
- Ensure that clients are appropriately referred for specialist advice and support even after they have prevented or relieved their homelessness to minimise the risk of repeat homelessness.
- Be organised and effectively manage a caseload of clients with competing priorities.
- Recording data, information and case notes accurately and keeping them up to date and managed in lines with information governance guidelines.
- Understand and meet the agreed Key Performance indicators for yourself, team and organisation.
- Commitment to always growing your own technical knowledge and personal skill set

Demonstrate flexibility in your ability to work within and across team and even organisational boundaries to help achieve the shared goal of preventing homelessness and ending the need for people to sleep rough

Whilst the location/work-base for this role may have been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

  • Mental Health Caseworker Animal Hoarding Project

    6 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom Cornwall Mind Full time

    **About Mind** Society’s attitude to mental health is being transformed, and Mind is at the forefront of that change. Together, we’re keeping mental health at the heart of political agendas, improving public attitudes and supporting millions of people experiencing a mental health problem. Last year alone, we reached over 390,000 people through our...

  • Health and Wellbeing Caseworker Homelessness

    6 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom Cornwall Mind Full time

    **About Mind** Society’s attitude to mental health is being transformed, and Mind is at the forefront of that change. Together, we’re keeping mental health at the heart of political agendas, improving public attitudes and supporting millions of people experiencing a mental health problem. Last year alone, we reached over 390,000 people through our...

  • Interim Planning Officer

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) Full time

    We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic person, who has experience of planning, to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract. How we plan is changing and is becoming a dynamic and collaborative process that takes place all year round involving all our integrated care system members. The post holder will play a key role in designing, monitoring,...

  • Interim Planning Officer

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    **Key working relationships**: Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs Head of Strategy Policy officer Executive and Personal Assistants ICB officers working on detailed plans for estates, workforce, digital, planned care, urgent and emergency care, intermediate care, mental health, learning disabilities/autism, children and young people, and primary...

  • Consultant in Public Health, Prevention and Health

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) Full time

    All senior-level roles in the integrated care board (ICB) share the common purpose and responsibility for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICS); to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; to tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; to enhance productivity and value for...

  • Director of Business Intelligence

    3 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    Job summary NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles...

  • Finance Business Partner

    6 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) Full time

    All roles in the integrated care board (ICB) share a common purpose and responsibility to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICS); to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; to tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; to enhance productivity and value for money and to help the National Health Service (NHS)...

  • Transformation Support Assistant

    2 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    Job summary NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles...

  • Primary Care Development Manager

    3 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    Job summary NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles...

  • Usher -

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom HM Courts and Tribunals Service Full time

    **Details**: **Reference number**: - 355432**Salary**: - £22,096- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**: - Administrative Assistant- AA**Contract type**: - Permanent**Type of role**: - Operational Delivery**Working pattern**: - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**: -...

  • Chief of Staff

    7 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    Strategy Executive lead for the development of internal and external strategies including support of the annual planning cycle. Contribute to the formulation of organisational strategy, policy and the delivery of corporate and statutory objectives. Participate in executive decision-making and be involved in strategic discussions regarding the development of...

  • Head of Workforce Change

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) Full time

    Health and care service model design - to develop a workforce design approach (that enables better population outcomes, better workforce experience and reduced costs which can be replicated across current and future clinical pathway redesign priorities). Initiating our system-wide workforce programme group to collaboratively develop a proposed way of...

  • Transformation Programme Lead

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) Full time

    This is an exciting new role for us, responsible for leading and setting the strategic direction for a transformation support hub (TSH) which is just about to be established. The TSH will act as our engine house for change, and hold and deploy our programme and change management capacity to support our agreed system priorities. The role will work closely...

  • Communications Coordinator

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom Cornwall Housing Full time

    Cornwall Housing is changing - we want to be better! Join our friendly communications team, working to improve tenant's services and communities across Cornwall. We are looking for applicants with communications content skills to join the team. If you're interested in developing your knowledge and experience in communications, then this could be a great...

  • Finance Business Partner

    6 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    You can look forward to excellent benefits including discounts schemes, optional pension and life assurance, flexible working, salary sacrifice vehicles and cycles and much more. Hybrid working We offer the flexibility to work from an office (Bodmin, Truro or St Austell), and from home, depending on the requirements of the team.

  • Transformation Support Assistant

    4 weeks ago

    Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    About the RoleThe NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is seeking a highly skilled Transformation Support Assistant to join their team. As a key member of the Transformation Support Team, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of improved care and outcomes for our population across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.Key...

  • Director of Business Intelligence and Insights

    1 month ago

    Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Director of Business Intelligence and Insights to join our team at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board. As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a critical role in shaping our information and intelligence strategy, driving data-driven decision-making, and ensuring...

  • Transformation Support Assistant

    4 weeks ago

    Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    About the RoleThe NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is seeking a highly skilled Transformation Support Assistant to join their team. As a key member of the Transformation Support Team, you will play a vital role in supporting the Programme and Project managers in the planning and execution of successful projects and programmes to deliver...

  • Transformation Support Associate

    4 weeks ago

    Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board Full time

    About the RoleThe NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is seeking a skilled Transformation Support Assistant to join their team. As a key member of the Transformation Support Team, you will play a vital role in supporting the Programme and Project managers in the planning and execution of successful projects and programmes.Main...

  • Community Health and Wellbeing Workers

    5 months ago

    Bodmin, United Kingdom Bodmin Way Full time

    Bodmin Way is the social enterprise for the Bodmin Team Ministry. Its activities are delivered in Bodmin and in support of the surrounding villages of Cardinham, Lanhydrock, Lanivet and Nanstallon. Through its programmes Bodmin Way is improving the wellbeing of local people. It has a network of relationships which are deeply embedded in the community. The...