Homeless Prevention Advisor

The Warwickshire Separated Children and Leaving Care Team is based in Warwick at Myton Park. We are a countywide service offering provision up to the age of 25. The Separated Children Team work with children aged 0-25 working to enable young people to settle and manage their asylum status.

This role will specifically work with migrant children and young people to reduce homelessness and enable planned approaches through working with local district and borough housing departments and other services. The applicant will support young people through a good knowledge of immigration legislation and support young people through navigating the system. At times of crisis the role works to explore alternative options where a young person has been evicted or cannot access housing through traditional routes.

The post holder will work closely with the voluntary sector, housing providers and other agencies to find the most appropriate housing options for care experienced young people.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.  to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

We are recruiting for the role of Homeless Prevention Advisor in our Separated Children Team. Some of the young people we support live outside of Warwickshire so the applicant must be happy to travel.

This role is fundamental in

• Supporting colleague and young people to have planned home moves
• Providing advice and guidance on housing issues
• Liaising with housing authorities to prevent homelessness and to find suitable housing options
• Be creative in identifying suitable accommodation for young people

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Homeless Prevention Advisor

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Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
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The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with…