The Role:
Make a difference within our sheltered housing service.
The role is all about delivering an enhanced housing management service. Working closely with key partners and stakeholders to ensure that the health and safety of sheltered housing tenants is closely monitored and all potential risks are minimised or removed. It is about providing a service that ensures that the buildings are clean, safe and maintained to a high standard so that our older, vulnerable residents are happy living in a safe, secure environment.
The sheltered team provides a high quality, customer focused service which continually improves the quality of life for older residents.
Working Hours are 8.00 am to 16.00 pm Monday to Friday.
This post requires ENHANCED Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You:
You’ll come to us with experience of working with older people and an understanding of the challenges facing inner London borough.
One of your core skills is your ability to work effectively and fairly with people from a range of backgrounds.
You will have a proven ability to meet deadlines and targets and maintain high standards.
Additional salary details
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: 22/10/2023
Interview date: 01/11/2023
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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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