Project Housing Officer

3 weeks ago

Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorchester, United Kingdom
- Reference
- 61047234e
- Occupational group
- Children's Social Work
- Salary details
- £31,099 - £35,411

Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Contact
- Susan Holden
- Contact telephone
- 01305 228275
- Closing Date
- 14 March 2023 11:00 PM

**Project Housing Officer**:
**37 hours per week (flexible working considered)**:
**Fixed term until 31**st** March 2024**:
**Salary £31,099 - £35,411**:
**County Hall, Dorchester, combined with home-working**:
**What’s in it for you**:
Through a fixed term position you will be working alongside the leaving care team and our partners to innovate and develop our service to young people.

We have a strong commitment to enabling successful transition to adulthood and the successful applicant will need to be flexible and creative in their approach and dedicated to improving the lives of young adults.

**What you can expect to be doing**:
Working with personal advisers, housing officers and housing providers to review processes and develop creative solutions to enhance the current offer and eliminate the need for bed and breakfast type of accommodation. This role will also involve creating and delivering training to a range of audiences whilst also acting as an expert adviser for those working with individual care leavers who find themselves at risk of, or actually, homeless.

**About you**:
We are looking for someone with knowledge of housing legislation and policy and of working closely in partnership with housing providers. However, we are also looking for someone with face to face to face experience of with vulnerable young people, with a knowledge of safeguarding and able to be flexible in approach.

For further information about this position, please contact Susan Holden on 01305 228275.

**Additional Information**:
This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people.

**Dorset Council: A great place to work**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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