Housing Support Specialist

4 weeks ago

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Nacro Full time

Housing Support Specialist Role

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £24,962 Per Annum (Base salary £23,962 + £1,000 Unsociable Hours)

Hours: Working hours are 8 hours per day, shift patterns and flexibility will be discussed during the interview. (The provision of the contract is between 08:00 and 22:00)

Location: High Wycombe and Maidenhead

Job Description:

Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.

The Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) is a national service across England and Wales, allowing Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
  • Produce a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation.
  • Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
  • Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations.
  • Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
  • Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment as required.
  • Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.

Requirements:

  • Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
  • Understanding of safeguarding.
  • Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
  • Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
  • Familiarity with computer-based packages.

Nacro Offers:

  • A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
  • The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
  • A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
  • Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.

About Nacro:

Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.

The Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) is a national service across England and Wales, allowing Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.

Nacro delivers the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.

The Team provides flexible and holistic support to Residents who have a wide range of support needs. We aim to support our Residents to find and keep a stable home at the end of their CAS-2 placement. You will manage a caseload of Residents and properties in your allocated area.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
  • Produce a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation.
  • Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
  • Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations.
  • Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
  • Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment as required.
  • Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.

What We Expect From You:

  • Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
  • Understanding of safeguarding.
  • Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
  • Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
  • Familiarity with computer-based packages.

What You Can Expect From Us:

  • A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
  • The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
  • A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
  • Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.

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