Scheme Co-ordinator

Directorate: Housing Development and Growth
Section: Sheltered Housing
Location: Various
Grade: Level 6
Actual Salary: £26,421 - £28,770
Hours: 37
 
This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.
 
We have recently opened our two-show piece sheltered housing schemes at QE11 and Rialto Court in Fenton and will be opening Chatterley Court in Chell Heath in the Summer, we are looking for someone to join our team to provide on-going Enhanced Housing Support and building management to older people, with identified support needs, to enable independent living in these sheltered housing settings.
 
The Scheme Co-ordinator will support the delivery of the City Council’s sheltered housing service by actively engaging with customers and where appropriate other relevant agencies, carers and family members through high quality casework and carrying out individual needs and risk assessments and produce a support plan to address their housing support needs.
 
We are looking for someone who will be a flexible, adaptable team player to provide quality housing related support for older people and in sheltered housing environment, including the day to day management of the buildings.
 
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Bar
ring Service (DBS).
 
Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.
 
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.
 
To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.