Housing Support Specialist

2 months ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City Council Full time

**Job Summary**

This role is part of the Young People's Housing Related Support Service Our Way Leeds (OWL), delivered by a consortium of service providers. The consortium has GIPSIL as the lead provider alongside Foundation & Turning Lives Around. OWL provides a wide range of interventions to prevent homelessness, four types of supported housing and pre and post-tenancy support schemes for young people & young people leaving care including unaccompanied asylum seeker children. Young people can be single, young families or couples.

**Key Responsibilities**

  • Take a trauma-informed approach and work restoratively with a young person to address challenging behavior and provide feedback on successes.
  • Work restoratively with a young person to address challenging behavior and provide feedback on successes.
  • Build professional, supportive relationships with young people, introduce them to opportunities in their community as identified in the young person's support plan (e.g. leisure, education, training etc.) and support them to attend when required.
  • Work positively with a young person around issues such as poor motivation and low expectations/aspirations, emotional support and confidence building.
  • Facilitate support to ensure young people develop domestic skills, parenting skills, life skills, social skills and behavior management skills, where appropriate, to sustain a tenancy and home.
  • Explore all housing options, including the completion of applications to Leeds Homes and support to attend housing assessments.

**Working Environment**

This post will be based at our Woodfield Court Community Hub in ENE Leeds, working as part of the Locality team to provide housing-related support to young people aged 16 to 25 to develop their independent living skills in a visiting and supported housing setting.

**Requirements**

We are looking for someone with a passion to provide excellent services for young people, helping and advising them to achieve their potential and reach independence.

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