Full Time, Fixed Term for 12-months.
Location: Based at 100 Temple Street and working with households across Bristol.
The Housing Options Service Is Recruiting To Pivotal Roles In Our Service. We Have Recently Redesigned And Invested In Our Service To:
- Increase our success in preventing homelessness.
- End our use of hotels and shared temporary accommodation for families.
- Improve move-on from Temporary Accommodation.
- Reduce our use of and spend on Temporary Accommodation.
The Move-on Team is a newly established Housing Options Team, including Move-on Officers, Housing Support Register Co-ordinators, a Priority Move On Scheme function and a Team Leader, who will supervise your work and the development of the team.
The cost of emergency and temporary accommodation is a significant financial challenge for the council. You will join us at a time of huge positive change as we redesign our Housing Options service. You will ensure that we can nominate daily to much needed vacant accommodation in our commissioned high support services, services there to assist those in greatest need of high support accommodation, so that clients can move in on the same day.
On a daily basis, you will be responsible for ensuring services’ vacancies are filled with the homeless household with the highest priority for that accommodation. To do this, you will need to maintain and develop positive working relationships with a range of internal and external service providers. In particular, work closely with staff responsible for co-ordinating access to BCC commissioned accommodation to ensure the most effective use of accommodation and support services for homeless clients
Our daily working tool is currently the Housing Support Register, monitoring referrals and our Trusted Assessment to share key support needs to all our Housing Providers. If you have not used this before, please don’t worry, as full training and insight will be part of your induction.
If you are a strong communicator, with an eye for detail, an understanding of homelessness and you can work at pace to ensure no-one is left without accommodation, this is a role you can excel in.
As an authority we offer a generous leave allowance of 25 days pro rata, pension, and option for flexible working.
You will be able to work from home for the role, however we would like you spend some days in the office environment, certainly more days during your induction programme.
Please do read the job description and person Specification attached, but most importantly do take time to look at our “Day in the life of a Housing Support Register Coordinator”. A previous post holder has given a unique insight into their daily tasks.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
If you would like to discuss the role in greater detail please contact Fiona Beard, Senior HSR Co-ordinator, at
Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people and Black and racially minoritised candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.
Full Time, Fixed Term for 12-months.
Location: Based at 100 Temple Street and working with households across Bristol.
The Housing Options Service Is Recruiting To Pivotal Roles In Our Service. We Have Recently Redesigned And Invested In Our Service To:
- Increase our success in preventing homelessness.
- End our use of hotels and shared temporary accommodation for families.
- Improve move-on from Temporary Accommodation.
- Reduce our use of and spend on Temporary Accommodation.
The Move-on Team is a newly established Housing Options Team, including Move-on Officers, Housing Support Register Co-ordinators, a Priority Move On Scheme function and a Team Leader, who will supervise your work and the development of the team.
The cost of emergency and temporary accommodation is a significant financial challenge for the council. You will join us at a time of huge positive change as we redesign our Housing Options service. You will ensure that we can nominate daily to much needed vacant accommodation in our commissioned high support services, services there to assist those in greatest need of high support accommodation, so that clients can move in on the same day.
On a daily basis, you will be responsible for ensuring services’ vacancies are filled with the homeless household with the highest priority for that accommodation. To do this, you will need to maintain and develop positive working relationships with a range of internal and external service providers. In particular, work closely with staff responsible for co-ordinating access to BCC commissioned accommodation to ensure the most effective use of accommodation and support services for homeless clients
Our daily working tool is currently the Housing Support Register, monitoring referrals and our Trusted Assessment to share key support needs to all our Housing Providers. If you have not used this before, please don’t worry, as full training and insight will be part of your induction.
If you are a strong communicator, with an eye for detail, an understanding of homelessness and you can work at pace to ensure no-one is left without accommodation, this is a role you can excel in.
As an authority we offer a generous leave allowance of 25 days pro rata, pension, and option for flexible working.
You will be able to work from home for the role, however we would like you spend some days in the office environment, certainly more days during your induction programme.
Please do read the job description and person Specification attached, but most importantly do take time to look at our “Day in the life of a Housing Support Register Coordinator”. A previous post holder has given a unique insight into their daily tasks.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
If you would like to discuss the role in greater detail please contact Fiona Beard, Senior HSR Co-ordinator, at
Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people and Black and racially minoritised candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.
The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.
