- To provide good quality information, advice & signposting where required
- To process and triage referrals – agency and self-referrals via telephone, electronic and walk-ins.
- To undertake comprehensive and detailed assessments of housing and support needs and risks, to ensure the prevention of homelessness, where safe to do so.
- To undertake investigations into housing and personal history to ascertain eligibility, priority need and local connection, on behalf of the local authority.
- To ensure relevant background checks are undertaken to assist in the development of a robust risk management plan.
- To ensure the proper process is followed to obtain GDPR, Declaration & Consent from young people
- To maintain accurate and professional electronic case records, ensuring internal and external data and monitoring systems are kept up to date at all times.
- To provide high quality homelessness and housing options to young people, ensuring that their needs are met and expectations managed.
- To make and issue decisions in line with legislation under the Housing Act 1996 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
- To present cases where a homelessness main duty is owed under the relief pathway in a timely manner to the local authority.
- To manage a case load of young people through the prevention and/or relief pathways.
- To build and maintain effective and professional working relationships with internal and external partners/agencies.
- To provide a holistic multi agency response to young people's housing and support needs.
- To develop and maintain detailed Personalized Housing Plans (PHP) to ensure young people are:
- referred on and signposted appropriately to relevant services . Floating Support, specialist agencies
- engaging with the actions of their PHP
- provided with the relevant support (56 day duty), leading to the prevention or relief of homelessness
- To operate within a duty system at the Youth Hub.
- To undertake mediation sessions with young people and their excluders to improve relationships and prevent homelessness incl. initial meetings and family sessions.
- To utilize agreed assessment tools to identify the needs of a young person and their families, so that plans made are shared, evidence based and agreed to by all.
- To undertake home visits and accompany young people to appointments, where appropriate.
- To plan, implement, review and evaluate interventions to ensure positive outcomes for young people and their families, in line with prevention and/or relief pathway duties.
- To promote young people's comprehension of assessment and application processes, ensuring that they are supported to fully understand their rights, decision outcomes and the decision review process.
- To advise and advocate on issues relating to benefits, accessing specialist support services, housing rights etc. ensuring the young people are fully supported to access such services
- GCSE English and Maths – C Grade and above or equivalent
- NVQ 3 Advice & Guidance, Health & Social Care or equivalent or working towards Youth Work, Social Work or equivalent
- Housing qualification
- Working with young people in the following settings/Types of work – Youth Work, Residential or Social Work, Probation, Community Work, Education and Training, Housing.
- Delivering frontline triage or assessment service
- Working with volunteers/students
- Housing Rights, Welfare Reform Knowledge
- Housing Legislation; . Housing Act and Homelessness Reduction Act
- Knowledge of Children's Act . Section 17, 20 and 47
- Knowledge of and commitment to /Anti-Discriminatory practice
- Knowledge of Social Skills/Job Training Skills
- Ability to work with figures
- Ability to maintain and improve standards
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Homeless Prevention Worker - Solihull, United Kingdom - St Basils
Description
CLOSING DATE: WEDNESDAY 3RD APRIL 2024
Job Title: Homeless Prevention Worker
Reports to: Homeless Prevention Coordinator
Salary: Scale 6, Points 26-28, £24,744 - £26,398 per annum, pro rata
Hours of work: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Key Responsibilities:
ASSESSMENT/SUPPORT
HOME VISIT & MEDIATION
ADVOCACY
To utilise legal advice services to effectively advocate on a young person's behalf.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential:
Desirable:
ROLE EXPERIENCE
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KNOWLEDGE:
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