Life Coach - Part-Time

Life Coach
Aston, Birmingham
Monday – Friday 22.5 hours per week  
£14,965.24 per annum   
FTC until December 2024 (Possibility for Perm Contract)
Our reputable, national client are currently seeking a Life Coach to join their team based at the Aston, Birmingham site.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of a needs led service for the welfare of tenants, developing and maximising their potential, personal growth and development. To effectively manage an assigned caseload to provide housing related support to tenants to enable them to maintain their tenancies and to achieve their aspirations for independent living.
The duties will be determined by the individual needs of the tenant being supported. The context in which support is provided may vary according to the users’ needs and may include site-based support, housing management and support, and housing management support only.
Previous experience working within a similar role, working with vulnerable individuals.
Please note, this is a part-time role for 22.5 hours per week, initially on a fixed term contract until December 2024. There is a possibility for a permanent contract, depending on business needs.
Closing date: 5th April 2024
Key Duties:

• To work with an agreed caseload of tenants to provide a programme of support in accordance with the Association’s ethos and values, legislation and good practice.
• Interviewing potential tenants, assess their suitability to be accepted into the scheme and to carry out appropriate viewings once an offer has been made to an applicant(s).
• Ensuring that residents are informed and, where necessary assisted, to access appropriate welfare benefits, health, welfare and other support service participating in a multi-agency approach as necessary.
• Ensuring that claims and applications to relevant bodies are made for benefits and move on accommodation, liaising with other housing, health and social care professionals, benefits, welfare and advocacy agencies, and other landlords as appropriate.
• Identifying tenants individual support needs, through consultation and agreement with the tenant/resident (and, where appropriate, their Social Worker). To ensure that all relevant agencies are involved in the support plan process to avoid duplication of support offered.
• Developing and implementing suitable individual support plans to ensure that identified support needs are met.
• To ensure a realistic support package and comprehensive resettlement programme is structured taking account of the service user’s own identified needs and aspirations.
• To ensure that a support plan is in place one week after move-in for each tenant.
• Providing high quality one to one support through regular key work sessions with tenants, helping the tenant to understand and overcome any barriers they have to moving forward.
• Encouraging and supporting tenants to live as fully and independently as possible within the local community, providing information, emotional, organisational and practical support and training as appropriate.
• Supporting and participating in life and social skills work, e.g., employment, education and training, personal hygiene, family mediation and activities.
• Encouraging residents/tenant to participate and share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the accommodation and to attend tenant meetings as required.
• To work alongside tenant and participate in activities as appropriate.
• Co-ordinating or signposting any additional support, tenants may require by liaising with internal colleagues and external agencies in relation to maintaining their accommodation.
• Organising and supporting tenants who are preparing to move-on to greater independence through the move and resettlement into their new home.
• Ensuring that the strategy for tenant involvement is consistently implemented and ensures that all tenants have a voice and are empowered to use that voice both individually and as a group.
• To ensure tenants understand their Licence / Tenancy Agreement(s), their rights and obligations, and report any breaches to the Team Leader or line manager.
• Taking responsibility for ensuring that accommodation charges and rent are paid by tenants and income maximised.
• Monitoring non-payment of rent and taking action in line with the agreed policy and procedure on arrears.
• To provide debt counselling where appropriate.
• Liaising, consulting and actively supporting tenants’ meetings, encouraging participation in decision making processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience of working people who are homeless or at risk of losing their accommodation is essential.
• Experience of working with socially disadvantaged groups of people within a supported environment would be desirable but not essential.
• Experience of working with people who have support needs (This may include care of family members, voluntary work or paid employment)
• Experience of lone working and dealing with challenging behaviour.
• Experience of working within a residential setting or in a supported housing environment.
• Experience of report writing and completing statistical reports.
• Experience of working in and handling stressful situations.
• Experience of working within a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and current legislation.
• A working knowledge of welfare benefits, particularly Housing Benefit.