Average Housing Officer salary in the UK

Job Title: Supported Housing Officer Location: Bristol, BS4 2NB Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum Job Type: Full time, Permanent Job Hours: 36.5hrs per week - Monday to Friday including all bank holidays. Closing Date: 4th August About Us: Elim Housing Association is a provider of housing and support services in the West of England and Gloucestershire. We are looking for a Supported Housing Officer to join our team. 'Although it might be a challenging role at times, it is so rewarding and a privilege to be part of people's life's journey. If you'd like to make a difference in your career and other's people lives, this role is for you. Elim is a supportive organisation with a great sense of community and fairness. I have felt so encouraged and supported since the minute I started.'- Elim Colleague About the Role: You will work as part of Elim's Supported Families service to deliver psychologically informed housing and support services to vulnerable parents who have a background of homelessness. While living in the service, parents are supported to develop their independent living skills and linked in with a network of service providers as necessary. Our Supported Housing Officers work with parents to secure more permanent suitable move-on accommodation and support them to develop the skills to maintain their tenure successfully and contribute positively to the communities in which they live. Duties Include: You will establish and maintain trusting relationships with parents, maintaining regular contact and facilitating a co -produced planned programme of support.Assess and identify the strengths, support needs and risks of parents in line with organisational Support Delivery and Risk Management proceduresAssist parents to identify and access appropriate move on accommodationPromote opportunities and encourage the raising of aspirations of the parents you support in education, training and employmentWork in partnership with external agencies to safeguard and facilitate the effective delivery of support and improve outcomes for those receiving our services About you: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing, tailoring to induvial need when requiredAbility to work in partnership with multiple agencies, including statutory agencies to improve outcomes for those receiving our servicesEmpathy with the causes of homelessness for vulnerable parents and the barriers they face.Ability to identify and raise the aspirations of those receiving our services, encouraging education, training and employmentAbility to maintain accurate and up to date records by using common Microsoft Office packages, Excel, Word, Outlook and other systems and software Benefits: 25 days annual holiday rising to 30 days.Paid day off for your birthday.Access to training and career development through Elim Skills AcademyCompany pension.Life Assurance.Health cash plan, which includes discounts to a wide range of shops and services.Free onsite car parkingBank holidays paid at time and a half Additional Information: For full details of Elim's benefits, Elim CARES values and culture, and to hear from some of colleagues what they value about working for Elim please visit our website. For full details of Elim's benefits, culture and values please visit our website where you will also find colleague stories, sharing what it's like working for us. Please click the APPLY button and you will be redirected to the council's website to complete your application. Candidates With the Relevant Experience or Job Titles Of; Social Housing Advisor, Housing Needs Assistant, Housing Officer, Housing Support Officer, Housing Assistant, Housing Officer, Housing Services, Housing Assistant, Social Housing Assistant, Supported Housing Officer, Social Housing Worker, Housing Administrator may also be considered for this role.

Housing Officer Salary: £29,000 - £33,500 - dependent on experience 37 hours per week: Monday to Friday Based on site in Luton with a requirement to visit customer properties around Luton and Central Bedfordshire. Our client is a not-for-profit housing association located in Luton. As an experienced housing professional, you will be able to hit the ground running. Having responsibility for your own housing portfolio, you will be the main point of contact for your customers; ensuring they receive an excellent service experience. Full clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle required for work purposes. Responsibilities: Housing Officer Comprehensive delivery of tenancy for a portfolio of homes, including provision of a core management service responding to your customers enquiries as the main point of contact.Embed a great service culture that promotes and embraces high levels of tenant and community engagement and involvement; and that reflect business values.Providing a flexible and responsive service to meet the needs of our customers.Assessing the needs of customers applying for housing through choice based letting and our transfer process.Rent arrears control including filing particulars of claim and representation at court.Estate inspections: Inspecting communal areas and estates, raising and following up on appropriate corrective actions to customer resolution.Estate and facilities management: Providing a responsive and efficient estate, block and facilities management service to ensure residents' communal areas and neighbourhoods are pleasant, well-maintained and safe place to live.Empty homes monitoring and control, including carrying out pre-void inspections.Keeping on top of housing sector knowledge: including knowledge around property management, service charges, health and safety, personal safety and working with vulnerable people.Lettings and allocation of property, including different types of tenancy agreements.Staying up to date with working knowledge of welfare benefits and welfare reforms and ensuring the team is updated.Generic housing management queries Ensure effective delivery of new business services by working in a collaborative manner with the wider team. Skills / Experience: Housing Officer Experience of working in a customer centred environmentExperience of working in social housing sectorBasic knowledge of tenancy rights & responsibilities, obligations of landlord & tenantExperience of a housing software package e.g. SDM,Demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable individuals and families with complex needsDemonstrable experience of partnership working, liaison and negotiation with external agencies and partners.Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality issues and legislation and, in particular, how they impact on service(s) provided and able to integrate equality policies into service delivery.Experience of supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge and being the first port of call for the rest of the team for queriesKnowledge and practical experience of serving Section 8, Section 21 through to representing the organisation at courtExcellent communicator - capacity building, negotiation, TrustPresentation skillsCommercially-mindedSelf-motivated/accountableCollaboration with othersPlanning skillsGood IT literacy, digitally inclusiveAble to work under pressure, manage competing work demands methodically to achieve targets and meet changing demands and priorities. Response Personnel, an independently owned company and experts in recruitment since 1997. Specialists in Permanent, Temporary and Contract recruitment within a number of niche divisions and industries, including: Commercial, Industrial and Engineering sectors. For information on other roles, we have available please call for further details.

My client is seeking a seeking a full time Housing Manager initially on a temporary basis, however the role could go permanent for the right candidate. Purpose of Job: To be the face of the organisation, fostering a sense of community and engagement among residents.To be responsible for running the office and providing an effective and responsive service to all residents.To work under the direction of the Management Committee who will decide the policies and set its priorities and objectives.To lead, motivate, and inspire the staff team to achieve the aims and drive continuous improvement. Housing Management: To manage rent payments and take appropriate action to recover arrears.To oversee arrange property viewings and accompany prospective tenants.To provide housing and benefit advice to residents.To address management problems such as noise complaints, anti-social behaviour, and parking issues.To issue transfer application forms and liaise with Wandsworth Council.To manage cases of squatted properties and advise tenants on Right to Buy schemes. If you have strong experience as a housing manager and are available immediately then please apply now! Prize Placements is acting as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions.We regret that we are unable to respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 7 days please consider that on this occasion your CV has not been selected for our client.