OR22901- Housing First Officer
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Contract
- £24.43 - £31.89 per hour
Job Description:
Housing First Officer
Contract: 3-month contract (with potential extension)
Start: ASAP
Aatom Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Housing First Officer to work on behalf of a local authority on an initial 3-month contract, with the possibility of extension. The Council has been delivering a successful Housing First service since 2017. The service supports individuals experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness, including CHAIN-verified rough sleepers and individuals living in hostels. The approach is person-centred, trauma-informed, and focused on helping people sustain long-term, stable accommodation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide intensive, flexible, and person-led support to people with complex needs, including rough sleeping histories, substance misuse, mental health issues, and long-term homelessness.
- Work peripatetically across the borough, delivering support in clients’ homes, community locations, and office sites.
- Build trusting, supportive relationships using trauma-informed and psychologically-informed approaches.
- Support clients with tenancy sustainment, welfare benefits, risk assessment, safeguarding, and navigating local services.
- Work collaboratively with external partners such as substance misuse teams, mental health services, housing providers, social care, and voluntary sector organisations.
- Maintain accurate case notes, records, and documentation using local authority IT systems.
- Manage a caseload within a small, supportive team, ensuring high-quality service delivery
Requirements
- Previous professional experience working with rough sleepers, homeless households, or individuals with multiple complex needs.
- Experience within a Housing First service or a similar intensive support model is highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, safeguarding, risk management, and inter-agency work.
- Ability to work independently, travel across the borough, and manage a varied caseload.
- Excellent communication skills and high-quality record-keeping.
Please contact Anisha Patel to apply!
Contract: 3-month contract (with potential extension)
Start: ASAP
Aatom Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Housing First Officer to work on behalf of a local authority on an initial 3-month contract, with the possibility of extension. The Council has been delivering a successful Housing First service since 2017. The service supports individuals experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness, including CHAIN-verified rough sleepers and individuals living in hostels. The approach is person-centred, trauma-informed, and focused on helping people sustain long-term, stable accommodation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide intensive, flexible, and person-led support to people with complex needs, including rough sleeping histories, substance misuse, mental health issues, and long-term homelessness.
- Work peripatetically across the borough, delivering support in clients’ homes, community locations, and office sites.
- Build trusting, supportive relationships using trauma-informed and psychologically-informed approaches.
- Support clients with tenancy sustainment, welfare benefits, risk assessment, safeguarding, and navigating local services.
- Work collaboratively with external partners such as substance misuse teams, mental health services, housing providers, social care, and voluntary sector organisations.
- Maintain accurate case notes, records, and documentation using local authority IT systems.
- Manage a caseload within a small, supportive team, ensuring high-quality service delivery
Requirements
- Previous professional experience working with rough sleepers, homeless households, or individuals with multiple complex needs.
- Experience within a Housing First service or a similar intensive support model is highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, safeguarding, risk management, and inter-agency work.
- Ability to work independently, travel across the borough, and manage a varied caseload.
- Excellent communication skills and high-quality record-keeping.
Please contact Anisha Patel to apply!
Job number 3414769
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Company Details:
Aatom Recruitment
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Founded in 2009, AAtom Recruitment is a boutique recruitment that started in Coventry through our parent company AAtom Limited. We offer contract or p...