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Annual salary: up to £28,917.00 Housing Support Officer Edinburgh 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: English 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

Autism Practitioners (Support Workers), Housing Support Team, Fife Dunfermline, Lochgelly, Cowdenbeath Autism Practitioners (Support Workers) Full Time and Part Time positions available - range of hours including 18 - 37 hours per week. Pay Scale: Starting at £12.60 per hour, rising to £12.82 after probation. Opportunity to progress to £13.30 at your own pace. £100.80 per sleepover Ref: SA793 Looking for more than a job? Something with purpose where you can make a real difference every day? Join our Fife team today! About us: We are committed to supporting over 60 autistic adults across Fife, providing personalised care across a variety of settings including Day and Housing Support Opportunities. We tailor our support to each person's individual preferences and needs, providing the right level of assistance - including 1:1 or 2:1 support - so that each person can live well and thrive. We are looking for colleagues to join our Housing Support Team. We're looking for patient, confident, and engaging colleagues who bring a calm, reassuring presence - who also know how to have fun. Most importantly, you'll be someone who truly listens and values the voices of the people we support. Key responsibilities: <ul><li>Continuously develop and implement personalised support plans with the supported people, their support network, and other stakeholders to ensure their life goals and aspirations are the main focus,</li><li>Build positive relationships with the supported people,</li><li>To support people to take part in their chosen activities,</li><li>Be an active part of their local community and live as independently as possible,</li><li>Complete all tasks necessary to maintain their home and be able to support personal care needs with compassion.</li></ul>As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends and evenings, so flexibility towards working hours is key. There are physical elements to this role. Shifts are typically built into a 4-week rolling rota - so you've got these in advance! View the full Job Description HERE For more information or an informal chat please contact Tracy Christie, Services Manager, by email: <a href="mailto:tracy.christie@scottishautism.org" target="_blank">tracy.christie@scottishautism.org</a> Why Join Us? We are proud to provide a comprehensive benefits package for our colleagues which includes a range of Wellbeing, Development and Financial perks! Find out more about our organisational benefits HERE These posts are subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees. Be Here, Be You, Create Change Closing Date: 4th July 2025 We value diversity and welcome applications from those with lived experience of autism. Registered charity number is SC009068

Autism Practitioners (Support Workers), Housing Support Team, Fife

About the Borough Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two. Sutton and Kingston councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one Council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. We work flexibly in both Sutton and Kingston offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver. There are some really exciting things happening in both Sutton and Kingston. We are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. We are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in Kingston, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact. You should choose Sutton and Kingston if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do. Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan "Ambitious for Sutton", that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government. Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor Kings and Queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a council plan "Greener, Fairer, Safer, Together", that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London. About the Role and our Ideal Candidate About the Role The role of Financial Inclusion Officer is to provide an in depth income maximisation and money management service to Kingston Council tenants to support them to sustain their tenancy. Within the role of financial inclusion officer you will be expected to: <ul><li> Achieve income maximisation including the completion of welfare benefits applications. </li><li> Provide support and advice on money management and effective budgeting. </li><li> Complete income and expenditure forms to support tenants to set up affordable repayment plans for outstanding debts. </li><li> Complete welfare benefits mandatory reconsiderations and appeals. </li><li> Work collaboratively with both internal and external departments and partner agencies to support tenants to manage their finances in the best way possible. </li></ul> Our Ideal Candidate The essential qualifications for the role of financial inclusion officer is a minimum of 5 GCSEs. Additionally it is essential that you have full in depth knowledge of welfare benefits and are able to evidence providing money management and budgeting advice in a previous role. We are also looking for candidates with excellent verbal and written communication skills who are able to provide detailed and clear case recording. You will be expected to work empathetically with financially vulnerable tenants who may present with a range of support needs. We offer our tenants face to face appointments in Guildhall 2 so it is essential that you are able and willing to attend our offices in Guildhall 2, Kingston for a minimum of 2 days per week. It would be desirable if you have completed Citizens Advice Adviser training . Along with this a knowledge of NEC/Iworld and Civica systems would be advantageous but full training will be provided if required. About Us The team works with tenants to develop financial capability and independence by offering: <ul><li> The delivery of a proactive service offering an appointment to new tenants at the beginning of their tenancy. </li><li> Free impartial advice and support on a range of welfare benefits and tax credits. </li><li> Face to face appointments offered to support tenants with their welfare benefit or debt issues. </li><li> Assistance with housing benefit disputes and back dates. </li><li> Guidance and support when making benefit appeals. </li><li> Advice concerning Universal Credit. </li><li> Expected to manage casework for an average of 30 households/individuals </li><li> Money guidance advice and signposting to specialist agencies when necessary. </li><li> To provide monthly statistics on performance and financial outcomes for those we support. </li></ul>Our Offer To You As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team. In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include: <ul><li> Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) </li><li> Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only) </li><li> Three volunteering days per year in Sutton or Kingston </li><li> Comprehensive learning and development programme </li><li> Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities </li><li> Interest free season ticket loans </li><li> Local Government Pension Scheme </li><li> Car parking scheme </li><li> Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme </li><li> Zip car scheme </li><li> Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses </li><li> Confidential wellbeing and counselling support </li><li> Subsidised gym membership </li></ul>Application Process Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application. The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Additional Information We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance. Job Profile

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