About the role
Birmingham City Council is one of the largest local authorities in Europe, providing essential services to residents across the city. The Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable people and meeting its statutory responsibilities while supporting households to achieve greater stability and independence. You will be joining a dedicated team focused on supporting households with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF).
Responsibilities
As an NRPF Support Officer, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day management and support of households with No Recourse to Public Funds. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accommodation provision, safeguarding oversight, and compliance with statutory duties.
Your responsibilities will include: securing emergency accommodation, sourcing and managing longer‑term self‑contained properties, conducting wellbeing and safeguarding checks, escalating concerns to Birmingham Children’s Trust where necessary, monitoring household stability through occupancy checks, managing lettings processes, ensuring properties meet health, safety, and compliance standards, liaising with landlords regarding inspections, repairs, and compliance issues, handling complaints and escalations, attending evictions when required, arranging property hand‑backs and collections, completing a range of administrative tasks including record‑keeping, data input, reporting, and responding to enquiries from service users and partner agencies, and supporting households to move towards mainstream housing by signposting them to make a Part 7 homelessness application once Leave to Remain has been granted.
Qualifications
- Experience working in housing, homelessness, safeguarding, or a related support role
- An understanding of NRPF households and safeguarding responsibilities
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- The ability to manage challenging situations, complaints, and escalations
- Good administrative skills with attention to detail
- A full UK driving licence
- Access to your own vehicle and willingness to add business insurance once a start date is confirmed
- Experience working within a large, respected local authority
- A supportive team environment focused on safeguarding and compliance
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