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Annual salary: up to £28,917.00 Housing Support Officer Rotherham Salary up to £28,917 per annum Full time - Permanent, 40hrs per week, Monday to Friday Including company vehicle and fuel card or £3,500 company car allowance Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs. About the Role: Due to contract expansion, we are seeking for a Housing Support Officer to join our team. This is an exciting position that works exclusively to support Asylum seekers going through their right to work Asylum application process with the home office. The ideal candidate will be resilient, trustworthy, caring, a people person and extremely empathetic to others. As a Housing Support Officer every day is different, no day is the same. Although this role comes with it challenges it is an extremely rewarding role. As a Housing Support Officer your main duties will include but not limited to ensuring service users are supported at various stages of their Asylum application process including any safeguarding and welfare issues you come across, providing practical and emotional support to service users, monitoring service users' wellbeing and support needs and ensuring all records are updated and accurate for home office audit purposes. It is essential to maintain boundaries and being resilient to ensure a professional and a well-defined service is provided to always meet the needs of the service users. Role Criteria: <ul><li>Experience of working with vulnerable and diverse client groups</li><li>Experience and understanding of safeguarding</li><li>Ability to identify individuals and family need and recognise the required support packages to maintain independence</li><li>Experience working with mental health and or challenging behaviour</li><li>To communicate effectively with colleagues, local authorities, and service users</li><li>Experience with record keeping and risk assessments</li><li>Ability to work under own initiative</li><li>Resilient</li><li>You will be supportive, trustworthy, a good listener, approachable and empathetic to others</li><li>Flexible and happy to travel</li><li>Full UK driving license</li></ul>All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS &amp; BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years. Benefits we can offer you <ul><li>25 days annual leave plus bank holidays</li><li>Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!</li><li>Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.</li><li>Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more</li><li>Family friendly policies</li><li>Company Vehicle and Fuel Card</li><li>Access to EAP Counselling sessions</li></ul>Required Qualifications: Accurate Record-keeping, Customer Service, Internal and External Liaison, Risk Management, Service Improvement Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact: Beth Dunford (<a href="mailto:beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk" target="_blank">beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk</a>) If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way. At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all. We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers. In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.

Housing Support Officer

Rotherham, Barnsley &amp; Doncaster About us 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. In a typical week... You will have an allocated caseload of tenants who you will support for the agreed contractual hours within their tenancies with the aim of supporting them to eventually move onto independent living. We take a multi-agency approach to ensure the most comprehensive amount of support is provided for the tenants needs. The South Yorkshire AST project operates across Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham and you may be required to work in one, or potentially, across all of these areas. Target is a collaborative organisation and have several office locations where you can access additional guidance from colleagues and management. Working hours are generally 9am to 5pm with a 20-minute unpaid lunch break. JOB DESCRIPTION Main Purpose To provide high quality housing and support services to residents in order to assist them to sustain their tenancies. Specific tasks <ul><li>Assist residents when moving in, or out of Target accommodation.</li></ul><ul><li>Assess the circumstances, aspirations and needs of each resident in order to make a support plan that is relevant to the resident and realistic in its achievement.</li></ul><ul><li>Act as residents' keyworker offering advice and support to negotiated and agreed support planning to enable them to develop their skills for independent living.</li></ul><ul><li>Assist residents to maximise their income and to manage their personal budgets.</li></ul><ul><li>Support residents to understand their rights and responsibilities under their occupancy agreements.</li></ul><ul><li>Support and motivation to residents encouraging them to achieve personal goals.</li></ul><ul><li>Carry out regular resident risk assessment and ensure it is properly recorded and copied to relevant officers in the organisation.</li></ul><ul><li>Review support plans periodically and adapt them according to changing needs</li></ul><ul><li>Make sure residents pay the rent due to Target Housing as required by the occupancy agreement. Assist residents with their benefit claims where necessary.</li></ul><ul><li>Monitor residents' handling of Target Housing property and consumption of gas &amp; electricity.</li></ul><ul><li>Monitor residents' compliance with their occupancy agreements. Inform Service Manager who will then act to resolve non-compliance issues.</li></ul><ul><li>Monitor occupancy to ensure that properties have not been abandoned or damaged and take prompt action when it happens to avoid unnecessary costs to TH.</li><li>Where appropriate, help residents with budgeting. Negotiate with other bodies on behalf of the resident on the repayment of arrears such as rent owed to the Local Authority Housing Department.</li><li>Liaise with the Probation Service and any other appropriate bodies to ensure that all are aware of relevant information.</li><li>Enable and support the service user to deal with conflict and disputes amongst service users and between service users and neighbours.</li></ul><ul><li>Assist in the delivery and development of resident activities.</li></ul><ul><li>Keep all prescribed records in order that the value of the tenant support service can be audited and comply with confidentiality policy.</li></ul><ul><li>Build links with external organisations, to maintain constructive working relations and to ensure resident's needs are met.</li></ul><ul><li>Participate in office duty arrangements.</li></ul><ul><li>Provide cover for absent Housing Support Assistants &amp; Supported Housing Assistant.</li></ul><ul><li>Accompany a colleague to an appointment or visit where dual attendance is required.</li></ul>General tasks <ul><li>Attend and participate in training sessions or activities as required.</li></ul><ul><li>Participate in team meetings and supervision as required,</li></ul><ul><li>Perform other such duties as may be required to further the aims of Target Housing within the Health and Safety requirements.</li></ul><ul><li>Adhere to all of Target Housing's policies and procedures in particular our Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Health and Safety policies.</li></ul><ul><li>Carry out other such duties as directed by senior managers as appropriate to the aims of Target Housing.</li></ul>Person specifications <ul><li>Understanding of services provided to vulnerable groups</li></ul><ul><li>Understanding of delivering supported housing services.</li></ul><ul><li>Understanding of delivering services to residents in housing and supported accommodation</li></ul><ul><li>Basic knowledge of Welfare Benefits System. </li></ul><ul><li>An understanding of risk assessments and support planning</li></ul><ul><li>Understanding of the Judiciary System in the UK</li></ul>Competencies Customer Focus (Critical) Integrity (Critical) Team Working (Critical) Confidence &amp; Judgment (Very Important) Communication and Influence (Very Important) Planning &amp; Organising (Important) Technical (Important) There are many great reasons to join our team! <ul><li>Great opportunities for career development</li><li>Allocated training</li><li>Mileage Compensation</li><li>Access Membership to Westfield Health &amp; Lifetime Financial</li><li>Ability to apply for the Blue Light card</li><li>Employer Contributory Company pension scheme (4%)</li><li>A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted.</li></ul>Target welcomes applications from all members of the community. Target reserves the right to close this role earlier than stated should the number of applications suffice.

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