Housing Support Worker

7 months ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Oscar Underhill Recruitment Solutions Limited Full time

**Housing Support Worker**:

- **Housing provider in Supported Living**:

- **Northwest (Liverpool or Lancaster or Wirral or Preston)**:

- **Sociable Working Hours**:

- **Excellent Pay Rate**:

- **£12.50 PAYE OR £16.00 Umbrella**:

- **Temp to Perm opportunity.**

**Are you passionate about helping others?**

**Are you looking for a new challenge in Social Housing?**

**Client snapshot**:
An excellent opportunity has been made available by my client an established housing provider in the UK. My client has a large portfolio of supported living projects and offers generic housing management and supported housing services.

**Vacancy Brief**:

- The role is that of a Housing Support Worker
- This is a potential temp to perm job.
- Location could be Liverpool, Wirral, Lancaster or Preston.
- A full-time role, 35 hours per week.
- The working hours will be between the hours of 08:00 am - 10:00 pm on a rota basis (week days).
- Pay rate for this job role is £12.50 per hour on PAYE OR £16.00 Umbrella.
- Mileage will be paid at 0.45p per mile for any work-related travel.
- Full UK Driver’s License and access to a vehicle is required.
- A current Enhanced Adult DBS will be required for this job role.
- The role offers flexible working in the community, and you can potentially work from home in between property visits.

**The Responsibilities**:

- As a Housing Support Worker, Ensure the correct tenure and support agreement is issued and service users comply with these agreements, taking appropriate action in respect of noncompliance including non-engagement with support.
- In your role as a Housing Support worker, develop a move-on plan with service users at the earliest opportunity, identifying realistic options for independent or more appropriate housing.
- Part of your role as a Housing Support worker will be to maximise rent collection, ensuring successful housing and other welfare benefit claims are submitted and maintained, taking proactive action to minimise rent arrears in line with targets, monitoring the account and recording all actions and where necessary taking appropriate action when arrears arise in line with policy and procedure.
- An important part of your role will be to demonstrate extensive knowledge of support planning and safeguarding as well as experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs and ex-offenders (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
- Furthermore, you will carry out property inspections and report repair promptly to ensure we provide quality homes for our clients.

**Skill Outcomes of this role**:
This role provides an excellent springboard into other criminal justice professions including experience of working with a range of criminal justice agencies.

In addition, you will gain experience in liaising local authority Housing Benefit departments and the DWP to resolve financial issues.

Support Worker - Ex Offenders - Tenancy Sustainment - Tenancy Support Officer - Housing Officer - Supported Housing - Income Management - Homeless - Substance Misuse - Homelessness - Youth Offending - YMCA - Prison Officer - Probation Officer - Supported Living - Liverpool - Preston - Lancaster - Wigan - Wirral - Independent Living - Floating Support - Full Time - Scheme Manager - Project Worker - Community Support - Charity - Housing Association - Local Authority

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract, Temp to perm
Contract length: 5 months

**Salary**: £12.50-£16.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Have you worked with ex offenders, homeless or young people in supported housing?
- Do you have an enhanced DBS for adults issued in the last 12 months or on the update service?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence and do you drive (required)

Work Location: In person

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