Housing Interventions Worker

Housing Interventions Worker

Location: Gwent

Salary: £26,339 - £32,192 per annum

If you are an experienced, positive and solutions focused individual with a passion for preventing homelessness, reducing reoffending and supporting meaningful change in the lives of people involved with Criminal Justice services this could be the ideal role for you

Camau has been commissioned by Her Majesties Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and is delivered across Gwent, South Wales and Dyfed Powys by Forward Trust. The Camau Service offers support to individuals who have been allocated a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement as part of their Community Supervision Licence in preparation for returning to the community upon release from custody. Our service is now also available to unsentenced men on remand awaiting sentencing.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

Change lives. Every day.

We’re recruiting people who can bring their unique skills and experiences to help people break the cycles of addiction or crime and build positive, productive futures.

Whether you’re new to a working life or many years down the line in a specialty, we’ll support you every step of the way, in a progressive environment offering enhanced benefits.

And we’ll support you to make a difference to people’s lives.

What you will be doing?

In this role you will be delivering Housing focused interventions to improve housing opportunities and play a key role in homelessness prevention for men leaving custody. In order to achieve sustainable housing outcomes you will ensure that a holistic assessment of need is completed with onward referrals to specialist services made for any identified need. You will work closely with Prison, Probation and housing colleagues working safely in line with Forward and Prison and Probation lone working procoedures to achieve individual and team targets outlined by the Senior Operations Manager. Working closely with your Camau and prison and probation colleagues you will discuss and share best practice and fully engage with enforcement and risk assessment processes to deliver a high-quality service focused on reducing reoffending.

Main duties will include:

• Delivering 1-2-1 housing advice and interventions for men in custody
• Completing comprehensive housing needs assessments to identify housing and other support needs and developing structured action plans to focus ongoing delivery of housing interventions.
• Actively engage with Camau service objectives to deliver housing interventions that prevent homelessness and improve housing options whilst achieiving project specific target outcomes.
• Take an active role in the implementation and achievement of team objectives.
• Build strong relationships with, and make full use of the support offered by, Line Management and Head Office functions.
• Liaising with landlords as appropriate during the process including arranging viewings and tenancy agreements, negotiating rent amounts and terms.
• Source properties in the private rented sector to meet the needs of the service users, including sourcing rooms in shared houses, House of Multiple Occupation, studios and 1 bedrooms.
• Keep regular contact with local authority housing support teams, housing portal website / on line resources, Registered Social Landlords, Local Authority Support Staff, landlords, agents and charitable organisations providing accommodation options within your region for delivery.
• Develop relationships and maintain relationships with new and existing accommodation providers, landlords and agents who accept people claiming Universal Credit and Housing benefit.

What are we looking for?

• Good knowledge of the Housing and Welfare Benefits syste
• Solutions focused approach to delivering advice and support
• Experience of providing advice services to people in receipt of welfare benefits and with housing/re-housing needsetc.
• Experience of assessing adults in need of support around housing and social support and/or substance misuse
• Experiencing of constructing support/ action plans for people in need of housing support to find a home or to support them in maintaining their tenancy
• Awareness / good knowledge of the needs of people who are in abstinence based recovery or experiencing homelessness, or other identified support needs

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working arrangements
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Free yearly Headspace subscription
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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