Housing & Support Officer - ABC12386
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £31,505.00 i £35,399.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Aberdeen, AB10 1AB |
| Cwmni: | Aberdeen City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | ABC12386 |
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Job Description
Before applying for this job, it is important that you read the Applicant Guidance by clicking on this link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.
Location: Various throughout Aberdeen
Duration: Various positions available - permanent
Roles that require PVG Membership
Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)
The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.
Job Purpose:
This is a community-based role responsible for improving quality of life in households and across communities. The role involves supporting Council tenants to manage and maintain tenancies to improve outcomes by responding to, and reducing, need and risk.
The post holder will contribute to realising our vision for a place where all people can prosper and has a critical role in supporting tenants in our most vulnerable communities by helping prevent harm, and intervening early where there is risk. This includes working with households to respond to early identification of Adult and Child Protection concerns to remove the risk of escalation above relevant thresholds
and accelerating the provision of secure tenancies through the Housing 1st and Rapid Rehousing Transition Plans.
The role will contribute to the identified outcomes recognising the importance of partnership working.
Requirements
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
Educated to standard grade level or equivalent
Responsibilities
The post holder is expected to demonstrate:
Skills and experiences in:
Ability to develop and sustain relationships with people and communities with
complex needs
Ability to focus on the best outcome for each household and work to achieve
it with them
Ability to deliver public services to required standards and outcomes
Ability to work autonomously, managing own workload, deadlines and appointments, exercise judgement and initiative, take personal responsibility and accountability for your own practice
Ability to identify vulnerable people, assess needs and implement actions to achieve better outcomes
Ability to assess and respond to risk within complex situations
The Individual
Please see Job Profile for further details
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact AskHR@aberdeencity.gov.uk.
Armed Forces
We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our roles and who:
- have a disability
- are care-experienced and aged 16-29
- are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
- have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
- are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
Further information can be found at https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/jobs
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