During April 2021 - March 2022:
4,062 young people received advice and support
1,808 young people were supported by us during the year (some 859 at any one time)
1,139 young people lived in our 40+accommodation schemes
601 young people stayed with us every night
84% of young people moved on from St Basils in a planned, positive way
CLOSING DATE: Friday 8th November 2024
Job Title: Homeless Prevention Coordinator
Reports to: Youth Hub Team Leader
Salary: Scale SO1, Points 29-31, £29,090 - £31,014 per annum, pro rata
Hours of work: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Key Responsibilities:
Coordination of Assessment, Case Management and Statutory Decisions
o To ensure that comprehensive and detailed assessments of housing, support needs and risks are undertaken, to ensure the prevention of homelessness, where safe to do so.
o To ensure that investigations are undertaken into housing and personal history to ascertain eligibility, priority need and local connection, on behalf of the local authority.
o To ensure that relevant background checks are undertaken to assist in the development of a robust risk management plan.
o To ensure weekly case reviews with Homeless Prevention Workers and Leader Workers are undertaken to monitor cases and provide legislative guidance
o To ensure monthly audits are completed with Homeless Prevention Workers to achieve contract outcomes
o To monitor cases to establish the measures of the 5 homelessness tests are being met for all duties accepted
o To ensure that high quality homelessness and housing options are provided to young people, ensuring that their needs and expectations are managed.
o To build and maintain effective and professional working relationships with internal and external partners/agencies.
o To ensure that a holistic multi-agency response is provided to young people’s housing and support needs, where required.
o To ensure that young people are:
o Referred on and signposted appropriately to relevant services, e.g. Floating Support or specialist agencies.
o Engaging with the actions of their PHP
o Provided with relevant support (56 day duty), leading to the prevention or relief of homelessness
o To ensure that home visits and accompanying young people to appointments are appropriate and undertaken in line with agreed lone working procedures.
o To ensure that interventions are planned, implemented, reviewed and evaluated to ensure positive outcomes for young people and their families, in line with prevention and/or relief pathway duties.
o Ensure fair allocation of cases in line with service criteria and regular assessment/ reviews of individual capacity/ performance.
o Maintain partnerships with key agencies including voluntary sector, local authorities and Private companies.
o Contribute to the development and design of the service to meet the identified needs of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
o Ensure the best possible outcomes for young people including homeless prevention through support and mediation, access to statutory services and access to accommodation.
Team Management Duties
o Support teams to provide high quality support services that promote choice and independence, actively engaging young people in making decisions about their life.
o Development of St Basil’s staff, through effective line management and ensuring compliance with standards, contractual and regulatory requirements, best practice and St Basils’ policies and procedures.
o Measuring the performance of the Service by setting and achieving targets and producing statistical reports, where required.
o Maintain agreed standards of joint working for all aspects of the service provided.
o Ensure data collection requirements of the project are maintained. Following agreed procedures for the review process incl. effective tracking and monitoring of services.
o Ensure staffing resources meet contractual requirements and that risks and trends are monitored and managed in a timely way with appropriate approvals secured and necessary adjustments made.
o To attend and actively contribute to key meetings i.e. MARAC, Child Protection Meetings, Allocations meetings, Looked After Child Reviews, MASE/MACE Conference, Multi-agency Meetings, Council led Monthly monitoring meetings, Team Meetings, Case review.
o To ensure that all records are maintained accurately and professionally, alongside ensuring that all internal and external data and monitoring systems are kept up to date at all times.
o To ensure that a duty system is operated at the Youth Hub.
o Contribute to reporting to Commissioners and key stakeholders regarding service performance.
Maintain close reporting contact with the Youth Hub partnership managers, to ensure effective communication and service delivery.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Essential:
Further training – Housing & Business Management, Personnel, Care & Support Work (e.g. NVQ Level 5)
Desirable:
* Degree/ HNC
* Relevant Professional – CQSW, Youth & Comm. DMS, Inst. Of Hsg. Care & Housing.
ROLE EXPERIENCE:
Essential:
* Experience with young people in one or more of the following -
* Youth Homelessness, Management, Youth Work, Probation, Residential or Community Work, Education or Training
Desirable:
* Experience of working with young people with complex needs
* Experience of undertaking statutory decision making
KNOWLEDGE
Essential:
* Ability to use initiative and maintain Confidentiality
* Ability to accept delegated responsibility
* Housing Rights, Welfare Reform Knowledge
* Relevant knowledge relating to homelessness i.e. Homeless Reduction Act 2017
* Knowledge of Children’s Act, i.e. Section 17, 20 and 47.
* Knowledge of and commitment to E.O.P/Anti-Discriminatory practice
Desirable:
o Housing Benefit/Rent System
o Immigration law/EU Rights
o Understanding of Statutory duties in Housing and/or Children's Services