Housing Officer

Introduction to the role: The Housing Officer will need to provide an efficient, responsive, and sensitive housing support plus service to Grace Eyre Housing’s current and future tenants with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health needs.

Brief outline of the role: The Housing Officer will provide contact, support, advice, and guidance through Intensive HousingManagement Plus to support tenants to maintain their tenancy. They will manage referrals, set up tenancies, make housing benefit applications, respond to day to day repairs/maintenance, record support, liaise with local authorities, outside organisations/landlords/letting agents.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• One paid celebration day a year
• Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous refer-a-friend scheme
• One paid volunteering day a year
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Enhanced death in service
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities
• Electric Vehicle Scheme

We are also:

• Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
• Accredited as an Investors in People employer
• A Living Wage Employer

Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.

We will handle any personal information you provide via this form in accordance with our privacy policy.

Please apply by sending a CV and cover letter to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. You can also apply by completing an accessible application form, downloading this and emailing it to recruitment@grace-eyre.org. Please state clearly which job you are applying for and the location.

We will handle any personal information you provide via this form in accordance with our privacy policy

If you are unable to complete our application form or if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments, please contact us on the recruitment email above.

Easy Read Application Form