Supported Accommodation Resettlement Worker

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Islington Council Full time

Islington Council is hoping to recruit aSupported AccommodationResettlementWorkerinto the Supported Accommodation Referrals team. The postholder will actively contribute to the delivery of DLUHC funded services to reduce rough sleeping in the borough by ensuring optimal use of housing support services for vulnerable residents in the community.

The post holder will be responsible for directly coordinating resettlement of clients from supported housing or temporary accommodation into realistic alternative housing options such as the private sector, clearing house, housing management or social housing initiatives.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clients are moved out of supported housing in a timely manner, in turn improving access to services. They will work collaboratively with service users to establish what constitutes a realistic and suitable offer and work with clients face to face in the community to make good use of their finite offers of accommodation.

They will liaise with vulnerable service users, the Supported Accommodation Referrals Team, probation services, project workers, Housing Options Team, support workers and other services to maximise the use of supported services and the private sector.

To establish links with supported housing providers to ensure their services reflect the needs of the borough.

To contribute to the development of move on options for clients in supported accommodation and developing key relationships with the private sector partnership team and landlords.

You will be responsible for coordinating suitable and appropriate move on options efficiently, while ensuring relevant support is in place to enable tenancy sustainment.

You will have experience of working with vulnerable people within a housing setting and possess the skills necessary for successful inter agency working.

This role is funded by the rough sleeper initiative grant and involves identifying, facilitating and organising alternate accommodation for vulnerable clients to prevent blockage across the supported housing pathway and assist in the reduction of rough sleeping in the borough.

**Closing date**: Sunday 18th June 2023 at 23:59

**Interview date**: to be confirmed

To liaise with key stakeholders, including providers, service users and community groups, to ensure the collation of consistent and accurate information for Islington’s needs mapping and any other related data collection required by the DLUHC

To liaise with Supported accommodation projects to identify those clients that are ready to move on into independent accommodation.

To liaise and meet with those clients that are ready for move on face to face to assess their options and give them realistic advice and options.

To map services in the borough that offer private sector accommodation opportunities and form relationships with these organisations.

To make links with internal and external teams and organisations that work with landlords, private sector organisations and social housing providers to ensure swift move on into independent accommodation.

To provide support to individuals to ensure a successful housing transition.

To set up joint reviews with service providers to discuss the operational aspects of the supported accommodation projects particularly around move on.

To arrange regular move on meetings and one to one surgeries with supported housing projects and attend POSOM - (Provider of substance misuse and offender meetings) and case conferences

To record and monitor referrals and provide monthly stats updates to DLUHC to include tracking clients ready for move on and clients housed successfully.

To refer clients to relevant support services depending on their vulnerabilities to enable them to maintain their tenancies and move towards further independence.

To monitor referrals into floating support providers to ensure tenancy sustainment is implemented.

To conduct periodic reviews of clients who have moved into independent accommodation to avoid tenancy failure and provide necessary support.

To liaise with other local authorities as appropriate to develop effective cross borough working and reciprocal moves.

To consult with service users to identify and review issues around access to services and move on opportunities and ensure their views are represented in ant monitoring outcomes.

To keep abreast of legislation, guidance and good practice in the provision of supported housing and Supporting People services with particular reference to the statutory duty to rehouse vulnerable clients.

To keep abreast of a range of move on options for vulnerable clients.


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