The role
About Southwark
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents are central to everything we do.
The role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Housing solutions service to provide essential services for our residents whom are in housing need.
This is a role that will be at the forefront of the prevention of homelessness, and at the cutting edge of innovation following the introduction of the Homelessness Act 2017.
If you are someone with drive, enthusiasm and a positive attitude, who thrives on working in a busy and challenging environment we would love to hear from you.
The post holder will be required to lead on the prevention of homelessness by making full use of any available schemes and initiatives available to maximise income and/or opportunities such as meaningful employment or education or training.
This will include a personalised support service that will enable the customers to sustain a tenancy and address any other needs that are identified.
This will be delivered while also providing an efficient, high quality customer focused service for a diverse client group including vulnerable and disadvantaged households.
About You
- You should possess excellent administrative skills and work efficiently to ensure accuracy and attention to detail. You will be required to manage your workload and prioritise conflicting demands to meet deadlines.
- For this role you must be able to communicate confidently and effectively when dealing with the public, elected representatives and other key stakeholders.
- The post holder must be flexible and prepared to work additional hours, including evenings and weekends.
Additional Information
- This is a Fixed term contract - Until the end of March 2024
- Standard 36 hours, Monday - Friday
- DBS check is required
- If you are applying for the fixed-term post, this can be offered on a secondment basis. Please ensure you have prior agreement from your current line manage
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
- https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment Timetable
Closing date:14th June 2023
Interview date: 4th July 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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