Criminal Justice Homeless Intervention Officer

Salary: £31,537 - £33,699 

Hours per week: 37 hours 

Temporary/Fixed term: 12 months 

Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 17 November 2025

Homeless Early Intervention – Taking an Upstream Approach to Preventing Homelessness and reduce reoffending

Join us as a Criminal Justice Homeless Early Intervention Officer and make a huge difference in your community. 

Wiltshire Council have recently created a new and exciting Homeless Early Intervention team focusing on supporting households identified as being at high risk of becoming threatened with homeless by providing upstream and pre-preventative holistic support.   

As a Criminal Justice lead, you'll have the chance to work from one of our hubs located in Trowbridge, Chippenham, or Salisbury as well as being expected to provide outreach advice and support in our communities across the county. There will be opportunities to work in a variety of environments such as Wiltshire Probation offices, community drop-in centres and customer's homes to target the support to the hardest to reach households in our community. 

As a Criminal Justice Homeless Early Intervention Officer, you will provide vital advice and support to our clients who have been through the criminal justice system, empowering them to understand their tenure right, maintain their housing, and preventing homelessness. From supporting with maximising income and budgeting, to preventing family exclusion by mediation, to connecting them with essential services. You'll adopt a trauma informed approach and play a crucial role in integrating our customers back into the community and navigating them through the challenges of the current cost-of-living and housing crisis. 

We're seeking candidates with an innovative and creative approach, capable of effectively handling challenging customers resistant to change. 

Why us?

Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That's why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here

If you have applied for this role within the last six months, you do not need to reapply. Your application will remain on file and will be considered

While we welcome applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship, we are not able to issue a defined certificate of sponsorship due to limitations in our sponsorship capacity.

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Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity.

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For more details, contact Ashley Byers, Service Property and Support Service Manager, at / Natalie McKenna, Homeless Early Intervention Team Manager at .

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We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion.

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Application process 

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