Jobs: (Please note that the closing date for applications for this position has been extended to Monday 9th August)

SUPPORTED HOUSING OFFICER - FULL TIME PERMANENT. (35 hpw) £26257-£29575 (incuding ILW) (NJC 27-31)

Stonewall Housing is a charitable housing association which has provided housing support and advice for LGBT people for over 25 years. Our Housing Team provides supported housing for young LGBT people and our Advice Team provides free confidential housing advice to LGBT people of all ages. We also research and lobby at a strategic level on the housing issues affecting our communities. At the heart of our work is the aim to help people find a home they feel safe and secure in.

We are currently looking for an experienced Supported Housing Officer to provide support and resettlement to young LGBT people (aged 16-25). Ideally you will have at least two years experience within a supported housing setting, providing structured support for a vulnerable client group. An understanding of the issues affecting young LGBT people is essential.

Closing date: Monday 9th August, with interviews expected to be held in late August.

For further information and application packs please contact Hamish McDonald on 0207 359 6242, email info@stonewallhousing.org or click here

Stonewall Housing provides 30 days annual leave, flexible working hours and operates a work-life balance policy for staff, as well as an employee assistance programme. Stonewall Housing is committed to Equal Opportunities in all areas of work.

Working for Stonewall Housing:

Stonewall Housing is a small voluntary sector LGBT organisation employing 14 members of staff. There are three teams – the Supported Housing Team, which is made up of the Housing Services Manager and six Supported Housing Officers; the Housing Advice Team, which consists of the Advice Services Manager and four Housing Advice Workers; and the Central Admin Team, which includes the Chief Executive and the Office Manager / PA to the Chief Executive.

We have a busy main office based in Islington, from which most of our staff work on a daily basis. Some of our Supported Housing Officers work from an office in the house they provide support for, and come into the main office at least once a week. Housing Advice Workers take it in turns to cover our daily advice line and three weekly advice surgeries in locations across London.

Diversity and equality of opportunities is highly important to Stonewall Housing, and this is reflected in the many and varied communities of our staff team. Staff relations are supportive and friendly, and we are all committed to working together to help the many LGBT people in housing difficulty that we have contact with. Staff enjoy a good work-life balance, and employees can apply to work from home, do compressed hours or work on a job-share basis.

We have close working partnerships with other LGBT organisations such as Galop and Broken Rainbow and with our partner housing associations Circle Anglia, Family Mosaic, and London and Quadrant.

Staff Benefits

Stonewall Housing values its team, and has developed the following package of benefits for staff members:

30 days annual leave
A Work-Life Balance Policy with flexible working
Employee assistance support
Seven months maternity and adoption leave on full pay after 3 years service
Nine weeks paternity leave on full pay after 2 years service

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