Housing Adviser Housing Options & Homelessness (Hybrid) needed in Keynsham, Bristol, £13.63ph PAYE – Reference: RQ1296099
Housing Services are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Housing Adviser to work in the Housing Options and Homelessness Team.
Based in Keynsham, but working flexibly, from home and in Offices.
Housing Advisers see customers face to face by appointment, drop-in for homeless on the day and telephone advice work. As well as providing direct one to one advice, advisers attend professionals’ meetings, and visit housing applicants in supported Housing, Temporary Accommodation and at home when threatened with homelessness. Housing Services offer a wide range of housing options and advice to customers in housing difficulty or who are looking for alternative accommodation to prevent homelessness.
Communication with applicants’ landlords and professionals will be the most important skill for this role. You will need to motivate applicants to take active steps to prevent their own homelessness or to find alternative accommodation. You will help create Personal Housing Plans for each applicant based on an assessment of need to prevent or relieve the applicant’s homelessness. You will need to assist households to access temporary accommodation and to move on to more permanent housing.
You will need to support applicants to work in partnership with multiple agencies to find housing solutions and prevent homelessness.
Advisors usually lead on a specific area for the team, these include young people, mental health, Domestic Abuse and private renting.
This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.
If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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