Hospital Pathways Homeless Officer

3 weeks ago


Canterbury, United Kingdom Canterbury City Council Full time

**Main Duties**:
Do you have experience of partnership working with healthcare services or working in healthcare settings?

Do you enjoy being part of a new and exciting project?

Do you understand the housing options available to those with a history of rough sleeping?

If this sounds like you then we want to hear from you

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve the quality of care for homeless hospital patients through providing specialist advice and advocacy you will work to support quality discharge interventions with a focus on accommodation options.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, empathetic individual who has a clear understanding of professional boundaries. Ideally you will have experience of promptly assessing, planning and completing actions with Homeless and/or vulnerable adults, in very complex situations.

You will take a person-centred approach to address the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties experience in accessing services.

You will maintain a caseload of clients, offering them assertive, consistent ongoing guidance and support until they are in a position to be able to move from the street into accommodation and/or other

**Essential Requirements**:

- Must have working knowledge of the legal framework governing homelessness and allocations
- Knowledge of the current housing market and the environment in which the local authority operates in
- Experience of partnership working with healthcare services, or working in healthcare settings
- Understanding of safeguarding of vulnerable adults principles and procedures
- Knowledge of local and national agencies who can assist our customers
- Must have a complete and thorough understanding of the housing options available to people
- Must have excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills both on the phone and face to face
- Problem solving
- Influencing and negotiating
- Conflict resolution
- Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse range of people
- Ability to manage, organise and priorities a demanding workload
- Emotional resilience
- Adaptable and flexible
- Listening and questioning skills to establish facts
- Ability to work with some autonomy as well as being an effective team player
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Due to the nature of the role, this post requires an enhanced DBS check.



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