Homeless Assistant

Housing Options provide assistance, and the Council's corporate duty to help clients who are homeless or under threat of becoming homeless. The service provides assistance to often vulnerable people when they are at greatest need.

The Homeless Assistant will be required to manage administrative tasks related to prison leavers, including processing Prison Link applications, liaising with Probation and Forward Trust officers to obtain missing or additional information, and creating homelessness cases to support Prison Link officers.

The post holder will need to have team-working skills, will be required to provide high-quality customer service and be able to apply a methodical approach to their work.

This post is temporary until 1st December 2026.

Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced checks.

This vacancy is suitable for post share.

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We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

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Job Category Housing

Department Housing & Communities

Working Pattern/Contract Type Full Time Temporary