Specialist Resilience Housing Coordinator
Temporary Contract
25.33per hour PAYE
Based in Enfield
The Specialist Resilience Housing Coordinator will provide specialist casework to applicants experiencing domestic abuse. The Resilience Team will also embed safeguarding best practices across the Housing Advisory Service.
They must have expert knowledge of welfare, housing and homelessness policy, legislation, and practice, as well as specialist knowledge of Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding policy and practice.
The main responsibilities of the Specialist Resilience Housing Coordinator will include:
- To provide excellent customer service to homeless applicants and key partners.
- To provide specialist homelessness casework to survivors of domestic abuse, ensuring that all aspects of casework are carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies, policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level - through effective and regular case work supervision, advice, guidance and support.
- Help ensure the survivors safety through appropriate and timely interventions into incidents of female genital mutilation, forced marriage and honour-based violence.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to improve outcomes for domestic abuse survivors with housing needs.
- Contribute to the dissemination and embedding of safeguarding best practice across the wider Housing Advisory Service
- Contribute to the development of the Resilience Team and wider Housing Advisory Service.