Housing Advice Workers

The post holder will be responsible for providing a comprehensive housing options service to prevent homelessness. Including signposting and referring clients to other services such as social work, money advice and rights team, substance misuse team, etc. They will also be responsible for taking homeless presentations and allocate Council properties in line with our Choice Based Letting policy.*Hybrid employees are considered workplace based first, but they will have a level of flexibility to work from home up to 40% of their working week, if it is not to the detriment of their current tasks, team requirements or service needs.  This post is considered Regulated Work with Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with protected adults.  In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check. For details of our employment policies and terms and conditions, please visit our Council Careers page East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15-year Community Planning Partnership vision called ‘A Place to Grow’.  Please follow this link to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and grow….