Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer Macclesfield, England
Job description
Senior Temporary Accommodation Officer Grade 8
In this role you will manage Cheshire East’s emergency accommodation, ensuring that households are provided with the necessary support both in the hostel and in any other temporary accommodation provided by the Council. To be responsible for the general maintenance and health and safety at the hostel building. The role will offer a supervisory role to our temporary accommodation support staff and managing their time.
Our temporary accommodation service has grown to meet the needs of our customers that come through our service and this is an exciting opportunity to join us and be part of developing the service. This role will be based at Roe Street Temporary Accommodation in Macclesfield however there will be travel needed across the borough to our dispersed units to ensure these are also being managed and supported.
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Brighter Future
Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)
The post holder will have a supervisory role in managing our statutory temporary accommodation service for homeless families and singles alongside our support staff. This a fantastic opportunity for someone to progress or further their skills in housing and homelessness in a thriving housing options team. The role will be managing the day to day running of our temporary accommodation and the residents as well as their move on to more sustainable accommodation.
The service is 9-5pm Monday to Friday although some flexibility is needed due to the needs of our customers.
Grade.8 start pay of £31,000 to £34,723 with an incremental yearly pay rise.
Full Clean Driving Licence is essential
DBS provided.
Local Authority Pension, and excellent terms & conditions are just some of the benefits working for Cheshire East Council.
If you would like an informal discussion about the job role, please contact Rachael Shaw on 07741176633 or email [email protected].
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Brighter Future
Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
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Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
