Supported Housing

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An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Housing professional with our client who is an established provider of affordable housing in Borehamwood.

With a constant need to increase the level of available housing stock across the country, this housing provider is now seeking an experienced Housing professional to liaise with private landlords to increase the number of available homes to applicants on the housing register.

Key duties:

• Liaise with private Landlords to gain instruction to let their properties
• Act as the first point of contact for all landlords and tenants throughout the tenancy
• Work in partnership with Homelessness Prevention/Housing Options teams to correctly allocate suitable accommodation
• Support the wider Housing objectives to minimise the number of households entering temporary accommodation and reduce the time spent in temporary accommodation
• Provide continuous support to residents throughout their tenancy in order to promote tenancy sustainment and independent living
• Oversee all housing management practices for your caseload e.g. ASB, Income Recovery and Tenancy & Estate Management.

You will also have:

• A strong knowledge, understanding and exposure to working in line with the Homelessness Reduction act
• Experience working within a generic housing role in order to advise on all tenancy related matters
• The ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with local residents and landlords

The successful Housing Liaison Officer will understand the need to increase the level of Housing stock in order to reduce the level of Homelessness and supporting residents to sustain tenancies.

Niyaa People represents social housing and maintenance professionals seeking freelance or permanent employment across the Midlands region from our Birmingham office. We deal with a range of small, medium and large Local Authorities, Charities and Housing Associations.

For a more comprehensive list of our temporary and permanent vacancies, please also visit us at www.niyaapeople.co.uk or contact us on 0121 773 0966.

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Are you currently a Project Officer that thrives on delivering positive change for local residents?

If so, Niyaa People are currently seeking a Project Officer for a leading provider of affordable housing to focus on working in partnership with residents to improve there digital and financial skills with the aim of creating improved long term outcomes.

As a Project Officer you will:

Co-ordinate the delivery of the organisations social inclusion projects
Develop strong and positive relationships with organisations service users
Provide advice and guidance to the service users on the behavioural change programme
Ensure that residents are having a continuous focus on improving there digital and financial skills
Line manage a small team of Inclusion Officers to provide a consistently positive service and customer experience

The successful Social Inclusion officer will:

Understand the need to influence positive change within local communities and drive forward the organisations Social Inclusion Projects
Demonstrate the ability to coach and lead a small team that must ensure positive change within the local community
Have access to a vehicle for business use, be immediately available and have an enhanced DBS.

As a Project Officer you will play a key role in improving the positive impact on the organisations customers and wider communities, with a particular focus on improving the digital and financial skills of the service users.

Niyaa People represents social housing and maintenance professionals seeking freelance or permanent employment across the Midlands region from our Birmingham office. We deal with a range of small, medium and large Local Authorities, Charities and Housing Associations.

For a more comprehensive list of our temporary and permanent vacancies, please also visit us at www.niyaapeople.co.uk or contact us on 0121 773 0966

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Are you passionate about providing an excellent standard of care and support?

Do you have the ability to produce strong and clear support plans/risk assessments?

If so, please apply for our latest vacancy in Birmingham as a Sheltered Scheme Manager on a temporary on-going basis.

The key duties of a Sheltered Scheme Manager include but are not limited to:

• Managing two sheltered schemes for residents that are over 55
• Producing support plans and risk assessments
• Provide a housing management service across two sheltered schemes contaning up to 30 service users
• Oversee routine health and safety procedures
• Support residents with benefit entitlements and income management

You will also have:

• Extensive experience managing multiple sheltered schemes, ideally within a social housing or local authority setting.
• The ability to hit the ground running on a temporary on-going assignment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.

The successful Sheltered Scheme Manager will understand the need to provide an all round housing and support service to residents over 55.

Niyaa People represents social housing and maintenance professionals seeking freelance or permanent employment across the Midlands region from our Birmingham office. We deal with a range of small, medium and large Local Authorities, Charities and Housing Associations.

For a more comprehensive list of our temporary and permanent vacancies, please also visit us at www.niyaapeople.co.uk or contact us on 0121 773 0966.

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