Housing Officer Opportunities - Northamptonshire, East Midlands

Posted 09 Apr 2024

BPHA

Northamptonshire, East Midlands (Other)


Job Type:contractDuration:0 months
Category:OtherRecruiter Reference:969435
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We have two opportunities to work in our Extra Care Schemes across Northamptonshire.

We are looking for self-motivated individuals to provide intensive housing management support. You will be responsible for the management of tenancies and duties include: – completing support plans for residents, monitoring rent accounts, and re-letting our void units, as well as providing day-to-day housing support to customers.

The hours can be worked flexibly Monday – Friday between 9am and 5pm and can be negotiated to consider personal needs and business needs.   



Housing Officer – Independent living without care - Permanent, Part time (15 hours per week)

We have a part time position available to work in our Independent Living Scheme in Daventry. Access to your own vehicle and full driving licence is preferred.



Housing Officer – Extra Care - Permanent, Full time (37 hours per week)

We have a full-time position available to work across two of our extra care schemes in Towcester & Brackley in Northamptonshire. Due to travelling to and from our schemes, you will be required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle. 



 What you will be doing:      

Assessing incoming residents with care and support needs to ensure they can independently maintain a tenancy   



Providing support to residents to offer activities to the scheme   



Managing a budget and identifying the needs of the scheme   



Assessing the housing and support needs of customers.    





Supporting any scheme-based employees such as Maintenance Officers, Compliance Officers and Cleaners, providing appropriate guidance and supervision



Remaining fully engaged in all housing related issues including arrears and money management, ASB and repairs/maintenance of household.      



Overseeing the health, safety and maintenance of the building, ensuring that compliance requirements are met.     







We’d love to meet someone with:       

Experience of working with people with vulnerabilities.     



Experience of working within a Housing environment.     



A passion for working with people to achieve their goals   



Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks   



Ability to manage and prioritise a varied and busy workload.     



Ability to lone work and make reasoned decisions.     



Experience of dealing with safeguarding vulnerable people   



Good IT abilities







   

Amongst what we offer you is:   

A competitive salary £32,821 per annum including car allowance for full time role (Towcester & Brackley) £12,495 per annum for part time role (Daventry)



28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (rising to 33 days plus bank holidays with length of service) 



A generous contributory pension scheme  



Enhanced family leave    





Private health care  



Free life assurance  



Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym  



Opportunities for learning and development  



Discounted gym membership  



Retail discount scheme  







Please note the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application and this will need to be returned and verified by bpha before a start date can be provided. 



Closing date: 30th April 2024

Interviews will be arranged throughout the campaign. 



We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible. 

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