Job Description
We are recruiting for a Housing Advocate to join our team in Hertfordshire; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Housing Advocate
Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £28,104 per annum
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5
This is a new and exciting role in Refuge, the post holder will be embedded within district borough housing teams to facilitate dual working that will ensure that survivors’ safety and housing needs are met. The housing advocate will be collocated within the council offices of their designated area to help facilitate -
* Close working relationships with Housing colleagues
* Provision of specialist knowledge relating to DA for Housing Officers and Homelessness Teams to draw on
* Specialist support for survivors at the moment of crisis
* Provision of advocacy; supporting survivors to access safe accommodation
* Joint working with the IDVA or Domestic Abuse Outreach services to ensure all the survivors’ needs are met.
This recognises that many survivors will approach Housing at moments of crisis, when they are either considering fleeing, or have already fled.
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