Homeless Support Officer
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The Vacancy
Permanent
Full Time (37 hours per week)
Stockport Homes Group is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport, but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities.
We’re looking for a Homeless Support Officer to join our Temporary Accommodation team, to support in the day to day running of the temporary accommodation schemes, maintaining a good standard of temporary accommodation, provided for homeless families, single men, single women, sited at 3 separate locations
This is a varied role and your time can be spent offering practical support and advice, to promote customers independence and development. You will support residents in life skills training sessions in both formal and informal settings.
In this rewarding role, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and support a diverse range of customers, assisting them into long term independent accommodation, inspiring people to make positive changes, realise their full potential and lead a fulfilled life.
Candidates for this role will have good communication skills and a working knowledge of IT and Microsoft Office applications. You will have confidence in challenging behaviour/resistance in others and have previous experience and knowledge of providing a support/befriending service and a basic understanding of the benefits system. You will undertake ‘on the job training’ to understand the business and carry out key tasks which includes domestic duties, cleaning and preparing properties to be let after they have been vacated; and storing belongings in line with legal responsibilities
Closing Date – Sunday 19th March 2023
Interview Dates: Monday 27th March 2023
About Us
Stockport Homes is Stockport’s largest landlord and a management organisation which acts as landlord for both Stockport Council’s social housing and our own property portfolio. But we’re more than just so-called rent collectors. We’re an award-winning, trailblazing public sector company that strives to transform lives by offering tenants advice and support on health and wellbeing, finance, youth engagement, employment and education opportunities as well as help in the home.
At Stockport Homes we believe in being ambitious, making a difference in our local communities, and serving our customers with passion. We believe in approaching problems with innovation, in respecting our partners, colleagues and customers and in striving for excellence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We appreciate the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. Diversity contributes to our inclusive culture and allows us to be truly representative of the communities we work in.
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