Housing Officer (Older Persons & Vulnerable Adults) 2 Year Fixed Term

Oadby & Wigston; Oadby; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Oadby is seeking a Housing Officer to support vulnerable tenants and ensure they access essential housing-related services. Candidates should have demonstrable experience in a similar role, knowledge of mental health issues, and possess excellent communication skills. The position offers flexible working conditions and competitive benefits including flexitime and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Great holiday

Flexitime

Generous local government pension scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role is essential.
• Knowledge of complex mental health issues is required.
• Strong communication skills to engage with council tenants.

Responsibilities

• Support tenants in sustaining their tenancy.
• Help older tenants access housing-related services.
• Work proactively and collaboratively with vulnerable tenants.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience working with vulnerable individuals

Knowledge of complex mental health issues

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Housing team.

We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill Country Park in Oadby, and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexitime, and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here https://www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/pages/employee_benefits

Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home and work needs and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process. Employees are generally expected to spend a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.

The Tenancy and Estates Team is responsible for supporting tenants, helping them to sustain their tenancy and access services and other support networks.

The Housing Officer will undertake responsibilities including working proactively and collaboratively with council tenants identified as vulnerable and support older tenants to access a wide range of housing-related services and advice.

If you have demonstrable experience of working in a similar role, knowledge of complex mental health issues and excellent communication skills, we would love to hear from you. You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.

A DBS check is required for this post.

At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.

We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist/veteran and meets the criteria for this role if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.

Please contact Laura Wareham (Tenancy & Estates Manager) at [e-mail] for any informal enquiries.

There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To apply for this role you must complete our online application form https://myaccount.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/service/OWBC_Job_Application_Form (CVs will not be accepted)

If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage of the recruitment process.

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