Housing Coordinator

We are currently looking to hire a **Housing Coordinator - Extra Care **to join Torus** **The Housing Coordinator will play a vital role in assisting and empowering residents to maintain independent living.

This is a permanent post based at Harpers Green in Warrington, one of our purpose-built extra care schemes commissioned by the local authority to deliver 24/7 care and support to people aged 55+.

The facility has a dedicated Torus housing team who work collaboratively with the care provider to ensure all residents are able to access opportunities to actively engaged in social activities and events on their schemes and in their local communities. The scheme includes commercially operated bistro and salon which offers an exciting opportunity for a local business to deliver services to residents and people in the surrounding areas.
- Assist and empower residents to maintain independent living to enable people to manage their homes and tenancies safely.
- Record the risks and needs of residents and agree interventions that will enable people to remain at home using a case management approach.
- Make appropriate referrals and work collaboratively with other agencies to ensure residents are receiving the care and support they need to enable them to remain at home.
- Experience of working with older and or vulnerable people within a housing or social care environment.
- Understand the social, physical and mental health needs of an ageing population and the ability to promote their general wellbeing and quality of life.
- Track record of completing assessments and developing support plans with targets and outcomes for clients.
- Experience of managing a case load and multi-agency working.
- Experience of crisis management, risk minimisation and of making decisions in difficult situations
- Manage your personal resilience when dealing with difficult situations and identifying mechanisms to deal with these.
- Have knowledge and experience of Safeguarding Practices and Procedures.
- Be committed to ED&I in the workplace and in the delivery of services to customers in the scheme.
- Competent with a range of ICT software packages and systems.

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PLEASE NOTE:_**
- Each successful applicant will be required to complete the following pre-employment checks prior to a start date being agreed;_
- _ Right to work verification _
- _Qualification certificate check_
- _ 2x Completed references _
- _OH Health Questionnaire - Fit For Work_
- _ DBS check (if required for role)_
- _ Completion of all new starter documentation including signed T&C’s_

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Happy to Talk Flexible Working_**

We are over 1,500 diverse and talented people sharing the same inspiring goal: to create a better society through providing homes people love to live in, in communities they want to be part of. We are true professionals, who thrive in this fast-moving, challenging and rewarding environment because we know that the stronger our organisation is, the better we can benefit our customers and colleagues alike.

Every single one of our colleagues has unique qualities that we value highly. We share a culture of innovation and bravery, working closely together to do the right thing for each other, for our customers and for the communities we live and work in.

We believe our people deserve the opportunity to explore themselves and their potential. That’s why we encourage and support everyone at Torus to be the best they can be. We are delighted to have been awarded Investors in People Gold status - because when our colleagues achieve their best, they’ll achieve their best for Torus.

We are Torus. We are building the future.

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