Housing Solutions Officer – HALTED

We are currently recruiting for a Housing Solutions Officer in Manchester.

Pay rate: 14.67 per hour.

Contract duration: Temporary ongoing

Department: Legal

Purpose:

• The role holder will deliver high quality support for service users, managing existing and future risks through assessment, and creating plans which ensure the individual needs of service users are appropriately considered.
• They will assist service users to engage with support services provided by both statutory and voluntary agencies, ensuring that the client is appropriately supported and therefore able to contribute actively in the community.
• To provide advice and expertise to partner agencies and stakeholders to promote the service and represent the rights and needs of the vulnerable residents of our client’s area.

Duties: 

• Establish and maintain relationships with service users to challenge their existing patterns of behaviour.
• Work proactively with appropriate stakeholders to assess the individual’s needs and ensure positive outcomes.
• Provide support and advice to service users which provides the opportunity to engage with appropriate local and national organised and community based services.
• Monitor, evaluate and review assessments as required determining suitable adjustments to ensure that service users are able to achieve their agreed goals.
• Work with colleagues and stakeholders to produce plans that use service users individual needs to identify and reduce their vulnerability to risk situations.
• Promote the service strategies across the organisation and to other statutory and voluntary agencies.
• Closely work with partner agencies and stakeholders by contributing and participating in new initiatives to support independence and opportunities for vulnerable residents of our client’s area.
• Ensure all records, processes and systems are up to date and maintained to assist with data collection and performance management.

Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 07879 585551. You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk  for more information on this role.