Housing Rights Worker - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited

Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

£30,374 per annum

Glasgow (flexible working considered)

Full Time hours)

Permanent

Closing date: 5th December 2023 at 11.30pm

Do you have some experience of advice work, preferably with a focus on housing issues, and a real desire to advance your specialist level knowledge? Then join Shelter Scotland as a

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Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping to identify and resolve the homelessness and bad housing issues facing local communities

About Shelter Scotland:

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet over a million people in Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, bestinclass individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter Scotland we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly antiracist organisation.

About the Team:

About the role:

As a Housing Rights Worker, you'll be responsible for delivering high quality housing advice and advocacy in our offices, in community settings and remotely in line with local pressing issues. That will involve developing relationships within communities through a range of interactions, including delivering housing rights workshops. It will also involve engaging, enabling and empowering people with lived experience of homelessness to share their story, give their views and participate in interventions at a local and national level. Influencing a range of stakeholders and decision makers across the housing sector will be important too. And, when it comes to harnessing strong relationships with external partners or recording stories, data and evidence to develop insight that helps us drive systems change, again, well count on you.

About you:

How to Apply:

You are required to:
Submit a

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CV

Submit a

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supporting statement that:

Addresses the two "About You" points from the job description.
Confident and effective communicator.
Some knowledge and experience of housing and/or social justice work.
For each of these points, please provide a specific example, following the STAR format, and ensure you show how you demonstrate the following Shelter behaviours throughout your response:
We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
We learn from our experiences and are open to risk

Benefits:

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
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Closing Date:
05Dec2023
Contact Person:
Resourcing and Talent
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- £30,374.02 per annum