Tenancy Sustainment Officer

Job Title: Tenancy Sustainment Officer

Job Type: Temporary

Location: Derbyshire - Chesterfield

Industry: Social Care - Homelessness

The organisation

In this Tenancy Sustainment Officer opportunity in Chesterfield, you will join an organisation currently helping housing young people living in temporary accommodation.

Key responsibilities

In this Tenancy Sustainment Officer job, your responsibilities will include:

• To understand and work to and deliver the support delivery model, service specification and outcomes identified for the project and its service users.
• To advocate verbally and in writing on behalf of the service user to ensure they receive the services and benefits to which they are entitled.
• To work closely and engage service users with the relevant statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure safety and avoid homelessness.
• To encourage service users in developing their skills for independent living e.g. practical household tasks, interpersonal skills, budgeting and taking responsibility for paying bills, including rent and charges (where arrears accrue, to work with relevant statutory, voluntary, private sector partners.
• To enable and empower service users to undertake activities in the wider community and maximise opportunities in work, training, leisure and education.
• To promote and assist in the provision of a range of activities to supplement and enhance services we are able to offer service users.

Skills & experience of a Tenancy Sustainment Officer

• Proven track record of working In supported housing - Ideal If you have experience with young people
• Desirable to speak additional languages to English
• An enhanced DBS child and adult cleared - Issued within 12 months or on the update service
• Able to work flexible hours over 7 days - shift work rota basis

If you wish for more details please call me on 0121 631 5930. If you feel you meet the above criteria please apply within.

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