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At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That's someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees. So, what are you waiting for? Join a Community that cares about you! The role is fixed term until September 2025 More about your role We are looking for a Young Persons Support Worker (Customer Support Co-Ordinator) to join our team in Lancashire to work across our Young Person's Supported Accommodation projects. Working within this scheme you will support with the continued, safe provision of accommodation and person-centred support for young people. As part of your role you will also be required to complete the below duties. <ul> <li>include-Undertaking needs assessments</li> <li>proving advice, guidance and support to young people</li> <li>working collaboratively with a multi disciplinary team</li> <li>Support reviews and SMART goals</li> <li>Safeguarding and risk management</li> <li>Planning transition and move on</li> <li>Team working</li> </ul>The role will involve working with young customers, Group employees and outside agencies and professionals to deliver a holistic service that is of the highest standard. You will play a key role in signing up new customers to the service and in providing advice and guidance with the welfare/benefit system. You will be responsible for the maintenance of the scheme including carrying out risk assessments and other health and safety monitoring as well as working closely with the housing management team regarding repairs, voids and maintenance. Please note that you will work 36.25 hours per week over a 7 day rota period. This post is subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and all offers of employment are subject to the receipt of two satisfactory references. For more information please download our job profile available on our website. More about you To be considered for this role it is essential to have experience working with individuals 16 plus, it is a requirement to of worked within a customer facing role therefore you can offer the best customer service to our customers. Here at Places for People we are looking for someone who is as spirited as we, this is an emotive working environment and we need our staff to be positive and supportive. You will have experience working in potentially challenging situations, resilience is a key character trait for this role. Ideally you will have local knowledge to share with our customers. Ideally you will be a confident I.T. user who is a confident communicator that can influence in a positive manner when required. The ideal applicant requires to compassionate and able to put themselves in the customer shoes which will help them deal with any situation effectively. If you are the type of person who wants to make a difference this may be the role for you. Benefits We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: <ul> <li>Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly</li> <li>Pension with matched contributions up to 7%</li> <li>Excellent holiday package - up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave</li> <li>Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year</li> <li>A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%</li> <li>Training and development</li> <li>Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more</li> </ul>

Young Person Homeless Support Worker

Job Description Salary £27,269 - £31,067 Per Annum | Permanent, Full Time 37 Hours Per Week | Preston (with travel Countywide) | International Sponsorship - this role is not open to international sponsorship Housing Worker - Leaving Care Service Location: Countywide but predominantly Preston, West Lancs, Chorley South Ribble Exciting times -A great opportunity to work within Lancashire's Leaving Care Service! Where we want to be... An Outstanding Leaving Care service. A great opportunity to support care experienced young people who are experiencing housing challenges. This is an exciting role working alongside one other housing worker within Lancashire's Leaving Care Service. This is a fixed term post for 12 months. The Leaving Care Service provide guidance, advice and support to Care Leavers aged 16-25, in areas such as housing, wellbeing, safeguarding, finance and education/employment. We are ambitious and strive for excellent outcomes for our young people. Our vision in Children's Services in Lancashire is that children, young people and their families are safe, healthy and achieve their full potential. The post holder will be expected to advocate for and promote a sense of security, continuity, support and stability for our young people across partner organisations to support the permanence of all our young people and young adults. We are looking for someone who has values aligned to those that are integral to our service and our organisation - supportive, innovative, respectful and collaborative. The Children's Permanence Service launched in January 2021 with its new Leaving Care Service after significant investment. This allowed us to remodel our services, structures, and the way we work with our children and young people alongside the Family Safeguarding Model implemented in Children's Social Care. We have adopted a strength-based and trauma informed approach to support our young people. This is an exciting time to join Lancashire and to really make a difference for our children and young people. We would particularly encourage applications from people that are care experienced to apply for the post. If you are happy to indicate this, then a pre interview meeting can be arranged. Job Role: To work with Lancashire's Leaving Care Service and its Partner's to provide additional support to care leavers to improve accommodation outcomes, stability and reduce homelessness. To help further develop joint working between the Leaving Care Service, District Housing services and partner agencies. Key Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Work with young people to address their housing needs. Facilitate tenancy ready courses, effective preventative work and intervention and complete statutory tasks.</li> <li>Work alongside the Leaving Care Personal Advisers and Children in Our Care Social Worker's to provide housing advice and solutions for young people transitioning to interdependence</li> <li>Work in collaboration with partner agencies to develop local protocols to support care leavers into accommodation, identify, challenge and overcome barriers of accommodation and housing pathways for our young people</li> <li>Collate, record, maintain and understand relevant data to support the accommodation and housing pathways of our young people.</li> <li>Attend Lasting Homes Panels </li> <li>To promote Lancashire's Care Leaver Local offer so care leavers are aware of their Rights and Entitlements</li> <li>Promote equality and diversity to make sure that all children young people and families are treated with dignity and respect when receiving children's services.</li></ul>What we are looking for... Passion - We are looking for passionate practitioners who truly care and want to make a difference to the lives of our young people. Challenge - Some days will be tough, we're looking for a worker who is dedicated and committed, and who will always go that extra mile (even on the bad days). Values - We are looking for someone who has values aligned to those that are integral to our service and our organisation - supportive, innovative, respectful, and collaborative. In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website. If you would like to discuss this post in more detail then please contact Jane Hylton Development Team Manager for Leaving Care <a href="mailto:jane.hylton@lancashire.gov.uk" target="_blank">jane.hylton@lancashire.gov.uk</a>. Closing date: 17th April 2025 Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence. The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab. You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability. We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications. Job Description &amp; Person Specification

Housing Officer | Leaving Care Service | Preston

We are Places Management; we help to maintain over 80,000 properties across the UK, so our customers are proud to call them home. We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with get things done people, can do people and inspiring people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people. More about your role You will take an active role to engage with residents to promote safe and secure independent living, ensuring an engaging vibrant environment to reduce isolation. Providing advice on rent and service charges, assisting with benefits claims and supporting customers with their financial needs. You will work with the internal Places for People income recovery team to reduce rent arrears. Travel to schemes in the surrounding area's will be required. This is a part time role - 16 hours per week. For more information please download our job profile available on our website. More about you It is essential that you have experience/knowledge of housing management, social care and/or wellbeing of Retirement living services. You will possess good computer skills with knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Effective communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to build great relationships with both customers and colleagues is required. It is important that you have a good mix of 'team player' attributes but also the ability to work effectively using your own initiative; as their will, be an element of lone working. You will also have an awareness of Health &amp; Safety. The ideal applicant will have experience of manging anti-social behaviour and challenging situations. At Places for People, we prioritise our dedication to safer recruitment. Therefore, a enhanced DBS check is mandatory for this position. Benefits We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: <ul> <li>Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly</li> <li>Pension with matched contributions up to 7%</li> <li>Excellent holiday package - up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave</li> <li>Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year</li> <li>A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%</li> <li>Training and development</li> <li>Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more</li> </ul>

Housing and Wellbeing Coordinator

Independent Living Officer £27,403.80 p.a. (37 hours) Community Based, in Preston, Lancashire working Monday - Friday, 8am-4pm with a 12pm-8pm shift on a rota basis (1 week in 5) What will you be doing in this role? The Independent Living Officer (ILO) will work in a variety of settings including, but not limited to our Head Office - Harbour House, Independent/Extra Care Living schemes, community facilities and customers' homes. You will be responsible for delivering housing management support functions to older people both in our Independent Living properties and CGA homes. The role supports a holistic approach to independent living and the ILO will work closely with a number of our customers to ensure they have the best quality of life and are able to stay in their homes for as long as they can through the provision of a service which is centred around the person and their wellbeing. The ILO will also provide an emergency response service to our customers during weekdays, working a rota system, with occasional weekend work required to support community events. What we are looking for: <ul><li>Experience of working within a housing or support environment.</li><li>Experience of working with older or vulnerable people and supporting people with complex needs, including mental ill health, substance dependency and dementia.</li><li>Experience of dealing with challenging behaviour.</li><li>A good understanding of Health and Safety.</li><li>A driving licence and access to a car for business use.</li></ul>It would be great if you also had: <ul><li>CIH Housing Qualification Level 2</li><li>Experience of working in a social housing environment</li></ul>Why work at Community Gateway? Our team are what makes us who we are. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, your birthday off, Christmas closure, free parking, free breakfasts, a health cash-plan, reward and recognition scheme and much more. Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role, and second languages come in handy. Working arrangements: This role is community based working in and around Preston. We offer flexibility wherever possible can to accommodate our business and your personal needs. A bit more about us: Community Gateway own and manage almost 7000 homes across the city of Preston, but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service, providing safe, well-maintained and affordable homes, and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future. And finally, we want to be a great place to work....so if you think you have the skills, experience and can live our values, then we want to hear from you. Dates for your diary: The closing date for this advert is midnight on Friday 4th April 2025 at midday with interviews expected to be held on Friday 11th April 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Independent Living Officer

About The Role Role: Affordable Housing Enabling Officer Location: Hybrid (Chorley and South Ribble) Contract: Full time (36.15 hours per week) / Fixed Term Contract (24 months) Salary: £40,476 - £42,708 plus 6% car allowance Closing Date: 1 April 2025 Are you a housing professional with experience in affordable housing enabling and delivery? Are you passionate about social housing and have the skills in influencing and engaging stakeholders to bring them onboard with solutions to deliver the homes needed to meet our local needs? Working across Chorley and South Ribble, this new post has been created to drive up affordable housing delivery, working with our RPs, developers and other key partners. What you'll be getting up to <ul> <li>Develop new ways to ensure we are maximising developer contributions for affordable housing , delivering new homes of the right type and tenure to meet our communities' needs.</li> <li>Establish strategic relationships with our developing RPs and develop effective mechanisms for monitoring and supporting the overall programme for affordable housing across the two boroughs</li> <li>Work closely with colleagues across teams within the two Councils to develop a strong knowledge base of existing affordable housing stock , how its allocated and establish systems for ensuring lets are compliant with legal agreements and ensure our customers are benefitting.</li> <li>Lead on key strategic projects including the review of the RP Framework (Chorley) and also support the development of key housing strategies and planning policies.</li> <li>Support the operation of the Councils' Low-Cost Home Ownership Schemes</li></ul>Who we're looking for <ul> <li>An experienced housing professional (ideally a Chartered Member of the CIH or equivalent ), with excellent understand in the mechanisms for affordable housing enabling, including the planning process and also Homes England capital programme. The postholder will have strong communication skills with the ability to seek out solutions and promote the value to be gained in social housing delivery</li></ul>Other requirements <ul> <li>This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility. </li></ul>Our Benefits <ul> <li>25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)</li> <li>Hybrid/agile working from day one</li> <li>Local Government pension</li> <li>Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments </li> <li>Cashback website access for savings on brands you love</li> <li>Volunteering days</li> <li>Free parking</li> <li>Car Allowance</li></ul>Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We're always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you're interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the "Contact Us" form on our careers website. About Us Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we're always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit. Working Together We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans. Additional information Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. Equal Opportunities We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices. We're committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website. If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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