Housing Officer
- Posted 28 July 2023
- Salary £22.00 per hour
- LocationWarwickshire
- Job type Temporary
- Discipline Social Housing Recruitment
- ReferencePROF_43413
- Contact NameGrace Lane
Job description
We are currently working in partnership with a prestigious Housing Association based in Warwickshire, who is currently recruiting for a Housing Officer on a 6-week temporary contract. The position is due to start immediately, working 32 hours per week on shift patterns from Monday to Friday on a rate of £22.00 per hour via an umbrella company.
The ideal candidate will have a proactive nature and able to comply with the Trust policies, processes, procedures and stakeholder contracts. They will liaise with staff, external agencies and partners to ensure that all properties within the allocated portfolio are safe.
Duties will include (but are not limited to):
Providing a generic housing management service to low level ex-offenders with complex needs including substance misuse and mental health
Carrying out health and safety checks and dealing with sign ups
Completing key working sessions alongside residents on a regular basis
Enabling welfare benefit access, assisting with form filling, and responding to tenants’ complaints
Dealing with rent recovery for current and former tenant arrears
Taking and evidencing reports of ASB, including taking witness statements and organising mediation
Carrying out new tenant visits, mutual exchanges and termination of tenancies
Conducting risk assessments and support plans tailored to the individual need of the service users
Experience required:
Working with customers with complex needs
Managing a patch of properties
Skills, knowledge and expertise required:
Valid Driver’s License
Enhanced DBS, within the last three years (including the Adults Barred List)
Awareness of benefit and social housing laws
Knowledge of Health and safety regulations and how to enforce them
Working hours:
32 hours per week
Shifts include working Monday – Friday between 8am – 4pm, 12pm – 8pm, 12.30pm – 8.30pm
Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.
James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.
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