Housing Solutions Worker

Housing Solutions Worker (Domestic Abuse Specialist)

Role:                Domestic Abuse Housing Support Worker

Based:             Birmingham

Rate of Pay:    £14-£18 (dependent on pay status)

Duration:         Temp On Going ( Possibility of an FTE)

Hours:             35 hours/ Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Hybrid:            4 days in the office and 1 from home

Supporting Futures are recruiting on behalf of an inspirational national charity who have over 50 years’ experience supporting people to rebuild their lives and empowering positive change.

They are looking for a Housing Solutions Worker (Domestic Abuse) to provide drop in housing advice and crisis management support to victims of domestic abuse.   

The service plays a key role in supporting the Council to meet its homelessness prevention and relief duties in accordance with the Housing Act 1996 as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017

Synopsis of duties:

Carrying out housing need assessments and identifying housing and support needs and assessing the council’s duty to house

Focusing on homeless prevention work and use a range of prevention tools to maximise opportunities to prevent and relieve homelessness
Managing a caseload of survivors/families affected by domestic abuse, supporting them to find housing appropriate to their needs and support to access to statutory and other community services as necessary
Supporting service users who attend drop-in sessions
Undertaking initial inquiries into a person’s eligibility and homelessness/threatened with homelessness status and making appropriate referrals
Developing, updating and reviewing Personal Housing Plans (PHP) with survivors What they are looking for:

Candidates must have a strong working knowledge of the Housing Act and all relevant Homelessness Legislation
Experience within the field of housing options, homelessness and/ housing support
Working knowledge of domestic abuse would be highly desirable 

For more information, please call the team on (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Ellie or email your CV at 

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed