Housing Worker

Housing Worker

An excellent Support Provider in Bristol are recruiting for Housing Worker to provide a high-quality housing management service to an agreed number of service users.

Location: Bristol

Contract duration: 3 Months + (with the possibility of going permanent)

Hours: 37 per week

Rate: £14.90 via Umbrella

Vacancy ref number: J67787

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Provide a housing and property management service to the supported housing accommodation services, liaising with the relevant support workers and support seniors as required
• Ensure regular rent and service charge collection including housing benefit, in line with targets and maximization of organisational income
• Ensure that the properties and their contents are maintained to agreed standards and within budget including management of voids turnaround, repairs and renewals to meet targets
• Ensure regular health and safety checks are carried out and follow up actions identified and implemented
• Investigate tenant disputes, breaches of tenancy and anti-social behaviour issues – taking appropriate action according to policy
• Ensure that housing management is appropriate to tenants’ circumstances including tasks such as arranging and attending house meetings
• Be proactive in communicating and liaising with support staff and act as an advisor on housing management issues
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with housing associations and other partner agencies, to ensure that a quality housing management service is provided according to the needs of tenants
• Identify, assess, and manage risk to ensure risk is minimised, including regular health and safety checks and fire/building risk assessments

Essential criteria include:

• Proven experience of working in housing management or supported housing
• Current enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months or on the update service
• Driver with access to your own vehicle

To apply for this role or to find out about other Housing jobs, please contact Ashleigh Clarke or James Ford from the Bristol Housing recruitment team on 0117 930 8760 or aclarke@venngroup.com

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.