Housing Caseworker

Seven Resourcing are looking for a Housing Caseworker to work in Wiltshire. This position is initially for a period of 6 months and is paying between £16 - £28per hour depending on Homelessness Casework experience. Working hours are Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm. Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role

The role:

We are looking for candidates with experience of housing advice and homelessness casework, including decision-making and letter-writing. Minimum 12 months' experience required.

The county-wide housing Solutions Service provides genuine alternative options to homelessness through the provision of specialist advice.

Key Responsibilities:

The Housing Solutions Team is responsible for ensuring that everyone has access to a sustainable and secure home.

As Housing Caseworker, you will work in a busy and challenging environment; giving bespoke housing advice to customer via telephone during office hours, and help customers to find holistic, creative, and practical housing solutions to maximising independence and minimising care and support needs.

You will engage and empower customers to identifying and making appropriate housing choice, and make appropriate and lawful housing needs assessments and homelessness decision-making.

You should be customer focused, empathetic and creative, with a commitment to working in partnership with internal and external contacts to ensure a high quality and efficient service.

You will have knowledge of landlord, tenant and homelessness law policies, and procedures, along with experience of managing a demanding caseload and carrying out home visits and investigations.

We will look to you to be highly literate and have excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills and a natural aptitude for dealing with any situation.

Today's economic climate makes this a very challenging time for the service, and you will be using your professional skills and experience to develop innovative solutions and options to help prevent homelessness.

Applicant Requirements:

Experience: 2+ years working within a similar role

Compliance: Proof of right to work in the UK, 2 x references, and DBS dated within last 12 months or on update service.

Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours: 37 hours p/w.

Working with Seven Social Care:

We have been helping social care professionals find exciting new roles for almost a decade, so we know exactly where to look when it comes to sourcing the best opportunities. We operate across the UK, and, with over 300 five-star reviews, multiple awards and amazing relationships with the biggest employers in UK social care, we give you the best chance of landing your next role.

We have a reputation for recruiting at lightning speed, however, we can only respond to candidates who meet the exact requirements of the position Seven Resourcing are looking for a Housing Caseworker to work in Wiltshire. This position is initially for a period of 6 months and is paying between £16 - £28per hour depending on Homelessness Casework experience. Working hours are Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm. Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role