East Kent Housing Sheltered Housing Officer (2.5 posts)

Salary Range £17,265 to £24,681

12 month contract – pending service review

Do you have a genuine interest in promoting and maintaining the independence and dignity of older people?

East Kent Housing has an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and caring people to join our Sheltered Housing Team providing support to older people in our sheltered schemes in the Shepway area.

You will need to demonstrate an ability to interact professionally and effectively with our residents, as well as being able to play an active role in the development of our services.

Preference will be given to applicants with a national qualification in sheltered and supported housing and knowledge/experience of Supporting People and requirements of the Quality Assessment Framework (QAF). 

We are happy to consider full time (37 hours per week) or part time applications for these positions. Core working hours are Monday to Friday, with some weekend and on-call overnight working required.

Our East Kent Housing employment benefits for this post include generous annual leave, final salary pension scheme, essential user car allowance and out of hours payment.

In addition to day to day scheme management, the post-holder will be required to provide leave, sickness cover and be able to travel to a variety of locations across East Kent as required.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check through the Criminal Records Bureau, further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found at www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk 

For more information visit http://www.eastkenthousing.org.uk/

Closing date: Monday 20 February 2012

Interviews and assessments will take place on: To be confirmed

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