Housing Support Worker

Urgent Housing Support Worker vacancy

The client is looking to recruit a Housing Support Worker to work in a homeless hostel that supports clients aged 16-65, based in Sandy, Beds

Length: Temporary to permanent

Location: Sandy, Beds

Pay: GBP9.77 per hour including holiday pay

Hours: 37.5 hours a week with shift patterns

Shifts: 8:00am- 4:00pm

1:30pm- 9:00pm

1 in 3 weekends: 11:00am- 7:30pm

You will also be required to be on call 1 in 3 weeks also.

The role involves:

• Providing advice on housing and welfare benefits
• Supporting homeless clients to become more independent in temporary accommodation
• Helping clients to move on and resettle into new accommodation
• Following support plans and producing risk assessments for your caseload
• Liaising with external agencies and support clients with applications
• Ensuring tenants adhere to their tenancy agreements
• Signposting service users to specialist services when required
• Ensuring residents do not accumulate any arrears and supporting them with budgeting

Essential requirements:

• Experience with supporting vulnerable people to become more independent
• Knowledge of housing benefits
• An enhanced DBS from within 3 years or willingness to obtain a new one
• A driver is essential for this post and you will need access to a car