Housing Project Worker

Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life?

Reed are working with a Southend-based Homeless Charity who are looking for a dedicated Housing Project Worker to join their Floating Support Service team.

 This role is crucial in providing a dynamic and empowering tenancy sustainment service to vulnerable adults across various sites in the town.

The ideal candidate will be part of a mixed team based from their integrated homelessness hub and will work towards enabling service users to live independently.

Housing Project Worker

• Location: Southend on Sea
• Salary: £26,054 per annum rising to £28,357
• Full-time, 37hrs per week across various shift patterns covering days, evening and weekends

Day to Day of the role:

• Produce comprehensive and high-quality risk assessments and management plans for clients.
• Minimise risks to clients by identifying, reporting, and following up on any safeguarding concerns.
• Provide a comprehensive handover of risks to other professionals involved with cases.
• Arrange and carry out formal case reviews, ensuring they are client-led and predominantly take place in the community.
• Translate assessed needs into SMART action plans in partnership with the client.
• Provide intensive housing management to residents, ensuring health & safety checks are carried out in accordance with policies.
• Assist residents in retaining accommodation, preventing evictions, and supporting those ready to move on.
• Manage timely housing benefit claims and service charge collection.
• Maintain high-quality data in Salesforce and ensure all recording processes are followed accurately.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience and understanding of working with mental/physical ill health, history of rough sleeping, challenging behaviour, or current substance use.
• Good understanding of safeguarding issues and comprehensive risk assessment skills.
• Ability to manage high volumes of written work within set timescales while maintaining quality.
• Competence in working within a strength and recovery-based model to engage and motivate clients.
• Self-directed work ethic with minimal need for daily direction.
• Proficient computer skills for data input, email communication, and document creation.
• Numeracy skills for tasks such as budgeting with clients and understanding rent arrears.
• Willingness to work a duty rota covering evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

Benefits:

• Training and development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (With an extra day of leave awarded after 5 years’ service
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- 24h, 7 days/week, a free well-being app for health, financial and mental health support
• £1000 cost of living bonus (subject to tax and NI deductions) paid monthly
• Supportive team environment.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace.

To apply for the Housing Project Worker position, please APPLY NOW and you will be contacted for a confidential conversation!!