Housing Support Worker - Elliot Court (INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)

Housing Support Worker

Location: Elliott Court, Rotherham

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Working Hours: 39 Hours Per Week, Monday - Friday

Salary: £26,490.00

An exciting opportunity to join the team at Elliott Court in Rotherham.

Target Housing is a charity and registered social landlord. Over the past 30 years we have shown that stable accommodation and support can help transform lives. We work in a psychologically and trauma informed way to empower people to achieve independence. Target delivers the highest standard of housing and support to enable vulnerable people to live independently, fulfil their potential and contribute to their communities and wider society.

Job Purpose: To provide high quality housing management and support to vulnerable individuals, to deliver a holistic support to promote independence and to work in collaboration with partner agencies to achieve successful and sustainable move on.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support:

Identify and deliver person centred support

Case work a small caseload of individuals focusing on successful, independent move on.

Develop professional relationships with a range of external agencies to collaboratively deliver support.

Develop move-on plans identifying realistic move-on options, make referrals to other support agencies as required and review progress

Actively engage with clients on a 1:1 basis, promote activities and meaningful use of time.

Housing Management:

Liaise with RMBC Accommodation Officers and support clients to gather the necessary evidence to facilitate positive move on.

Support clients to maintain and sustain their accommodation whilst working towards more independent accommodation.

Support clients to complete documentation including move on applications, tenancy agreements, property inventory, applications for housing benefit.

Support clients to maximise their income, ensuring that housing and other welfare benefit claims are submitted and maintained.

Support clients to set up their utilities and maintain their accommodation.

Help deliver an in-house training package to assist with move-on.

Qualifications and Experience:

Experience of providing support to vulnerable people in a housing environment.

Experience of working with individuals who have multiple and complex needs.

The ability to develop positive and proactive working relationships with hard to engage clients.

Experience of delivering Trauma Informed support.

Knowledge of the Housing benefits and welfare benefit system.

Experience of Safety Planning / Risk Assessment and Support Planning.

Basic IT skills and effective case work.

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Essential Requirements:

Target Enhanced DBS or Evidence of Update Service

The Right to Work in the UK (UK Passport, UK Birth Certificate or ECS Check)

2 Employment References (1 must be from your most recent/current employer)

There are many great reasons to join our team!

28 Days Annual Leave (plus Bank Holidays) 

Mileage Compensation

Access Membership to Westfield Health & Lifetime Financial

Ability to apply for the Blue Light Card

Employer Contributory Company pension scheme (4%)

If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.

Our Ethos

As an Equal Opportunities employer, we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Diversity & Inclusion Ambassadors who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with [email protected] or [email protected]