Accommodation Support Worker - Rochdale
| Job Title: | Accommodation Support Worker - Rochdale |
| Contract Type: | Temporary |
| Location: | North West |
| Industry: | |
| REF: | 1011291 |
| Job Published: | 7 days ago |
Job Description
Rochdale
14/10/2024 – 3 months initially
Rota basis including earlies, lates and nights – Office based
- Welcome people into Temporary accommodation and ensure they receive high levels of support and guidance to become tenancy
- Manage their needs whilst in Temporary Accommodation
- Provide advice and support to assess the needs of all households including customers with complex needs (including alcohol and drug issues and mental health)
- Provide advice on a wide range of housing matters and support including but not limited to Benefits and Wellbeing advice
- Develop a personal housing plan which will include advice on housing support, health services, employment information, and rehabilitation and addiction services and refer to services
- Develop positive partnerships working with internal and external stakeholders
- Maximise Income collection through monitoring and actioning rent and service charge collection procedures whilst accurately recording financial information and actions
- Contribute towards the reduction of temporary accommodation admissions by preventing homelessness
- Report repairs to the appropriate agencies/ depts
- Undertake domestic duties in relation to re-letting the temporary accommodation
- Represent Strategic Housing at multi-agency meetings that discuss domestic abuse including safeguarding meetings (MARAC - Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference, DRIVE, Daily-high risk DA) and multi-agency forums
- Keep and maintain accurate records
- UK Driving Licence, access to a vehicle, business insurance
- Experience of working in a homelessness / housing / local authority/ temporary or supported accommodation environment
- Experience of completing support plans, risk assessments and safety plans, ideally in a housing orientated environment
- Experience specific to the Housing Act 1996 (amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) and the ability to interpret these in order to advise others
- In depth knowledge and understanding of, homelessness and housing issues and the implications, priorities and challenges
- Child and Adult DBS registered onto the update service
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call 02085149110 mobile 07570 819 831
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