Tenancy Support Officer

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  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    L32 & L33
  • Working Pattern

    Full-time
  • Specialism

    Social Housing
  • Industry

    Construction
  • Pay

    Temp - hourly

Tenancy Support Officer in St Helens

Your new company

Registered social housing landlord providing safe, affordable homes to people at every stage of life.
Own and manage more than 29,000 properties across the North, and offer homes for social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership, outright sale, and private rent.

Your new role

Provide effective customer-focused tenancy support in the Knowsley/St Helens area. Delivering proactive solutions to customers to sustain their tenancy.

Ensure a risk-based approach to allocations based on customer's needs, including an agreed support plan, property viewings, face-to-face tenancy sign-ups and regular visits following the commencement of the tenancy.

Providing support to customers in the first few weeks of their tenancy including, setting up a home, benefits / applications advice, low level priority debt advice, sourcing furniture, support to set up utility bills and payment plans, through to referrals.

Point of contact for referrals from internal teams

Assessment of need for accepted referrals, produce agreed support plan with customer and key internal / external stakeholders.

Work with statutory and voluntary agencies, ensuring the best outcomes for customers.

Adhere to Safeguarding policy and procedure, referring customers at risk to relevant / appropriate agencies/Local Authority (LA).

Manage referrals of safeguarding from across the Group, undertaking triage / assessments.

Signpost low-level cases to relevant statutory agencies, taking action to mitigate escalation, supporting

Tenancy Enforcement Officers with serious breaches of tenancy, that significantly impact our customers and the Group.

Effectively manage risk, identify and report any issues/breaches regarding Health & Safety, and actively promote a safe working environment.

Represent the Group at appropriate meetings where there is a direct business benefit to the Group.

Undertake a flexible and proactive approach to establish and maintain contact with residents, due to their circumstances.

Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role and/or grade.


What you'll need to succeed

Knowledge of Housing legislation and tenancy/housing management best practice

Good understanding of vulnerable customers' needs in a social housing context

Good knowledge of best practice in safeguarding adults and safeguarding children

An understanding of landlord/tenant/support — care providers and managing agency relationships and responsibilities

Experience of compliance management, health, safety and risk

Experience of working with external stakeholders to provide tenancy support services

Experience of dealing with complex client groups

GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Full UK Driving Licence & use of own vehicle

Basic DBS Check

What you'll get in return

Competitive Salary
Full Time Hours
Temporary Contract work
Local work in the L32 & L33 area

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Dionne on 01925302334.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Talk to Dionne McCarthy, the specialist consultant managing this position

Located in Liverpool, Part 2nd Floor, 5 St Paul’s Square, Telephone 01925302334
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