Join a dedicated team where your expertise in housing support will directly prevent homelessness and transform lives in your local community
Early Intervention & Prevention Officer (Housing) - Covering King's Lynn & West Norfolk
Remote home working & Community Based – Office Use in King's Lynn
£15.02 per hour 37 hrs - Monday to Friday - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Make a real difference in people's lives by helping prevent homelessness and supporting vulnerable individuals in your community.
Officers hold responsibility for developing a person-centred and co-produced Housing and Wellbeing Plan that facilitates the achievement of resolving housing related issues through a number of different toolkits, including mediation. The focus of the Early Intervention and Prevention Service requires close partnership working with key services and the ability to deliver focused, time sensitive and effective housing interventions. The successful candidate will have knowledge of housing and benefits, experience of working with young people and adults, lone working and managing a caseload.
Key Responsibilities:
- To achieve positive, successful housing outcomes
- To complete person-centred housing & wellbeing plans with individuals
- To take the lead on accountability for performance - ensure target outcomes are achieved for clients
- To support adults to achieve successful prevention of homelessness by keeping individuals in their home or finding alternate accommodation - working both remotely and within the community/housing options team
- To provide in-person mediation between family members, friends, and landlords, where appropriate, to resolve barriers contributing to the risk of homelessness
- To source properties through active landlord engagement in the privately rented sector
- To support individuals to achieve up to 8-month sustainment of their accommodation (over an 11-12-month intervention, including 3 months of intensive support to prevent homelessness and up to 8 months of monitoring)
Benefits:
- Essential Car User's Allowance
- Agreed Mileage
- Company Pension Scheme with 6% employer contribution
- 24/7 employee assistance programme
- Other benefits
Requirements:
This is a community based service, therefore a driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £15.02 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in King's Lynn
