Supported Housing Officer - London, United Kingdom - Centrepoint

Centrepoint

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Contract:
Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary:
£26,126 - £29,514 per annum

Closing Date:
Monday 11th September 2023

About us

Centrepoint, the UK's leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Supported Housing Officer to join our Cecil House team based in Camden.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.

Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment.

We want to end youth homelessness by 2037_._

Together with our partners, we support over 14,000 young people each year.

About you

Effective communicator with natural ability to facilitate open and honest conversations.
Able decision maker with a can do attitude.
Respectful and empathetic, always considering the impact on our young people.
Flexible, always adapting to changing needs.
Engaging, committed to selfdevelopment by engaging with training and continuous learning.
Proactive, always looking for creative ways of working.
Be competent at addressing a range of needs.
Should have experience of working in busy supported housing services and with young people with substance (mis)use issues, mental health issues, YP who are disengaged with services and mistrustful of authority figures, Anti-Social Behaviours, multiple needs related to complex trauma.
Should have experience of working in mixed services and will need to be proactive, have good people skills, show initiative and respond quickly and appropriately in a crisis.
To have a strong understanding of safeguarding procedures in relation to both young people and children.

What you'll be doing

Keywork sessions
Risk Assessments
Outcome stars
Case Reviews
Liaison with external and internal professionals
Booking and attending appointments
Health & Safety Checks
Housing Management
Voids/Lets
EET/NEET
Health & Learning for the young people
Move on

Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts, you'll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
Private Medical insurance
Income protection
Employer pension contributions of 5%
Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
An interestfree travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization._
Centrepoint's policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment._

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