Tenancy Sustainment Worker

Tenancy Sustainment Worker
35 Hours per week
Homebased with travel across the Erewash District, Derbyshire
Salary: £23,441 - £26,045 per annum
The role
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our expanding services within our Specialist Housing Team and are looking for someone to join our Tenancy Sustainment Team delivering Tenancy Sustainment Services to residents across Erewash.
EMH Homes are committed to building cohesive communities and ensuring that residents are equipped with the skills to enable them to sustain their tenancies.
Tenancy sustainment is aimed at helping households at risk of tenancy failure to sustain their tenancies. Tenancy Sustainment assistance aims to be in place for a maximum of 12 months for each tenant accepted onto the service by which time they will have developed the appropriate skills to enable them to manage their tenancy, or they will have been referred onto more specialist services for ongoing longer-term support.
The ideal candidate
The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills and be able to provide advice and advocacy for customers with complex needs.
You will be required to work flexibly across the district of Erewash providing intensive support to a caseload of 20 tenants.
This includes working in a diverse & sensitive service to enable the residents maximise their independence, maintain their accommodation.
The successful applicant will have an understanding of Intensive Housing Management and Tenancy Sustainment with experience of using support planning systems.
Good communication skills are essential as well as the ability to deal with difficult situations. You will have excellent knowledge of Housing and support related work and be flexible to clients needs. You will be a people person who can work well on your own initiative.
You will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check for this role, which we will complete for the successful candidate. As the role is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offender's Act 1974, please can you ensure you detail both spent and unspent convictions on your application form.
For more information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Our Values
Our Values are important to us and we're looking for people who can help live our Values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.
Company Benefits
Our generous package includes:
Competitive salary
Contributory pension scheme
34 days annual leave (including statutory days)
a wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)
Health care package
A full driving license is essential criteria
Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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