Job summary
Housing Specialists will receive referrals from people using adult mental health services and use their high level of housing knowledge, skills, and experience to complete a housing assessment & action plan to improve the person's housing situation. You will manage and prioritise a caseload of people who are in housing need across your designated area alongside contributing to an office hours team duty system covering the organisation.
Housing Specialists will work face to face and virtually with adults who use our services depending on their needs and communications preferences. This will involve face to face presence at inpatient and community mental health teams in your assigned area as well as Local Housing Authority offices.
Although not essential as training will be provided, it would be advantageous for applicants to have had some experience of working with people who experience severe and enduring mental health problems.
In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in the community and in the least restrictive manner, have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide the opportunity for the residents of Hastings, Rother and Wealden in line with national agendas of Getting It Right First Time, a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health and maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.
Main duties of the job
Housing Specialists will receive referrals from people using adult mental health services and use their high level of housing knowledge, skills, and experience to complete a housing assessment & action plan to improve the person's housing situation. You will manage and prioritise a caseload of people who are in housing need across your designated area alongside contributing to an office hours team duty system covering the organisation.
Housing Specialists will work face to face and virtually with adults who use our services depending on their needs and communications preferences. This will involve face to face presence at inpatient and community mental health teams in your assigned area as well as Local Housing Authority offices.
Although not essential as training will be provided, it would be advantageous for applicants to have had some experience of working with people who experience severe and enduring mental health problems.
In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in the community and in the least restrictive manner, have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide the opportunity for the residents of East Sussex in line with national agendas of Getting It Right First Time, a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health and maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.
About us
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful at times so we prioritise staff welfare; providing regular supervision, mentoring, and any other support that our staff need to ensure their wellbeing. We also encourage flexible working.
We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, partial home-working, part-time hours, or flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
We will consider applications for those who wish to apply on a secondment basis
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful at times so we prioritise staff welfare; providing regular supervision, mentoring, and any other support that our staff need to ensure their wellbeing. We also encourage flexible working.
We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, partial home-working, part-time hours, or flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
We will consider applications for those who wish to apply on a secondment basis
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver specialist housing advice, assistance, and interventions to people who use our services in relation to their housing needs which will prevent or relieve homelessness, secure good quality and longer term settled housing solutions, and reduce financial hardship.
Prepare information and support decision makers on formal applications for assistance, on behalf of the Local Housing Authority they are attached to, from persons who may be homeless or threatened with homelessness, acting in accordance with the homelessness legislation, statutory Code of Guidance and the policies of the relevant Local Housing Authority.
To work between local mental health and housing systems to ensure people who use our services and staff receive high quality and timely specialist housing input and access to wider housing teams and referral pathways.
The position will be primarily based within the district they are assigned to in a variety of settings with applicants expected to travel within the district. On occasion this may involve travel outside of the district.
NB: The salary banding on these three posts is pending job evaluation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful at times so we prioritise staff welfare; providing regular supervision, mentoring, and any other support that our staff need to ensure their wellbeing. We also encourage flexible working.
We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, partial home-working, part-time hours, or flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
We will consider applications for those who wish to apply on a secondment basis
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver specialist housing advice, assistance, and interventions to people who use our services in relation to their housing needs which will prevent or relieve homelessness, secure good quality and longer term settled housing solutions, and reduce financial hardship.
Prepare information and support decision makers on formal applications for assistance, on behalf of the Local Housing Authority they are attached to, from persons who may be homeless or threatened with homelessness, acting in accordance with the homelessness legislation, statutory Code of Guidance and the policies of the relevant Local Housing Authority.
To work between local mental health and housing systems to ensure people who use our services and staff receive high quality and timely specialist housing input and access to wider housing teams and referral pathways.
The position will be primarily based within the district they are assigned to in a variety of settings with applicants expected to travel within the district. On occasion this may involve travel outside of the district.
NB: The salary banding on these three posts is pending job evaluation.
Person Specification
Proficiencies
Essential
- undergraduate degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of working in a professional housing advice capacity with people who have housing and mental health needs
Desirable
- evidence of continuous professional development
- Good knowledge and understanding of relevant areas of housing policy and practice including the law relating to local housing authority homelessness duties and the allocation of social housing
- Good understanding of the role and responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
Person Specification
Proficiencies
Essential
- undergraduate degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of working in a professional housing advice capacity with people who have housing and mental health needs
Desirable
- evidence of continuous professional development
- Good knowledge and understanding of relevant areas of housing policy and practice including the law relating to local housing authority homelessness duties and the allocation of social housing
- Good understanding of the role and responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
