Family Housing Options Support Worker

6 months ago


Horsham, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**About the Job** Salary**: £33,945 - £36,648 per annum
**Contract Type**:Permanent
**Working Pattern**:Full time - 37 hours per week
**Location**: Based at County Hall North, Horsham, with countywide travel.

As a Family Housing Options Support Worker, you will be working in in the Accommodation Team within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). You will review information quickly to establish the next steps for families, provide housing advice and guidance to professionals across children’s services, other agencies and to parent/carers. Where a duty is owed to a family under the Children Act and/or Care Act, you will assist children’s social care in sourcing and facilitating temporary accommodation placements. Being both organised and adaptable, you will have the ability to respond to complex situations calmly and effectively.

This particular role will work in collaboration with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to help find solutions to a diverse range of challenges. Wherever possible, you will develop local solutions that are owned and managed by the households being assisted.

You will be working directly with families and children, going to their homes, and completing robust assessments of their financial situations and legal status in order to ensure that they receive the correct support to reach financial and residential independence at their earliest opportunity.
**Rewards and Benefits**
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including:
For a full list this can be found at our **Rewards and Benefits page.**
**About You**
To be successful in this role you need to:

- have a passion for working with young people, children and their families in housing crisis, and the ability to work with those experiencing stressful situations.
- Be able to interpret complex information, and communicate it appropriately and effectively to a range of audiences.
- Have the ability to focus for lengthy periods over a range of different activities in order to determine how to meet future needs of children.
- Thrive on working independently and on your own initiative.
- Develop effective working relationships and be able to communicate with various stakeholders.

**For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. You will need to refer to these in your CV and Cover Letter.**
**About Us**
At West Sussex County Council, we are ambitious for our children and our workforce. We are committed to improving our services for children and families in West Sussex that we support. You will be joining us at a key time on our improvement journey. The work we have started includes establishing a new and experienced leadership team driving forward our ‘Children First’ improvement plan, and we are focused on improved service delivery with measurable outcomes for children, families, and communities.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is a multidisciplinary team including Children’s Social Care and partner agencies to provide an effective way to manage safeguarding referrals in West Sussex. The MASH works with a range of agencies to identify risks to families who need support. The Accommodation Team as part of MASH assessing and identify the support needed so children and families receive this at the earliest opportunity.

**Further Information**
The reference number for this role is **CAFHE05225.**

Job Reference: CAFHE05225



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