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    Leaving Care Resettlement and Homelessness Prevention Officer - United Kingdom - Wandsworth Co

    Wandsworth Co
    Wandsworth Co United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Leaving Care Resettlement and Homelessness Prevention Officer About Us

    Leaving Care Resettlement and Homelessness Prevention Officer
    £36,426 - £44,139 per annum
    Fixed Term (until 31/03/2025)
    Full Time (36 hours)
    Wandsworth
    Ofsted Rating: 'Good'

    Calling all Housing and Social Care professionals looking for a unique and exciting new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people

    Are you a motivated and dedicated professional with the experience of working with Care Experienced young people and Housing processes? You will be joining the Wandsworth Leaving Care Service (Future First) with a team of Personal Advisors and multi-agency colleagues as you help us transform outcomes for Care Experienced young people.

    About the role

    Working under the requirements of the Homeless Reduction Act 2017 and the Leaving Care Act 2000, you will support a maximum of 15 young people at a time, offering them a dedicated 3-month service to reduce homelessness and move them into appropriate accommodation.

    You will work closely with Wandsworth Council Housing colleagues as well as the young person's Personal Advisor and other 3 specialist Housing colleagues within the service, to ensure that young people have the very best opportunity to succeed in their Housing Journey.

    You will build meaningful and supportive relationships with young people to support them to address the issues that place them in housing difficulties and help them to achieve positive outcomes.

    With clear Key Performance targets around reducing the number of young people in Temporary or Emergency accommodation, under guidance of the manager, you will provide intensive support to your allocated caseload.

    Occasionally, you will travel around the UK (your travel costs will be reimbursed) and carry out some limited evening work when required in line with service participants availability and duty arrangements.

    Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

    • Experience of identifying safeguarding concerns and risk management.
    • Commitment to working in a trauma informed way, delivering the best service to Care Leavers.
    • Adept at regular liaison with external and internal partner agencies with extremely proficient organisation and interpersonal skills.
    • Enthusiasm and passion for supporting young people is key.

    If you are a caring, skilled, and enthusiastic professional who meets the above criteria and want to make an impact in your everyday work, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

    As part of the selection process, you will be asked to prepare a presentation ahead of your interview.

    Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

    We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

    We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

    We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.

    All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised.

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