NEIGHBOURHOODS
Housing Services

Project Assistants
4 posts (Post ref: H930)

SG2/3/4 £13,581–18,582 pro-rata for part-time
2x37 hours per week
2x18 hours per week

Choice Based Lettings, Sheffield Property Shop, 18–22 Union Street, Sheffield S1 2JP

Sheffield City Council is establishing a specialist Community Homefinders Team to provide advice and assistance to black and minority ethnic and vulnerable people applying for Council housing.

The key duties of the team will involve:

• Networking within communities to establish links with local groups
• Support to help integrate vulnerable applicants into communities
• Provision of advice relating to Housing and Homeless policies and procedures
• General support throughout the Housing process from offer of a property to signing for the tenancy

National and our own local information have shown that vulnerable and in particular BME clients are often the most deprived in our society and are more likely to live in unpopular and overcrowded conditions.

We are looking for enthusiastic people with a flexible approach who can work as part of a team or individually to achieve challenging targets. The successful candidates should have an understanding of the resettlement needs of vulnerable but specifically BME applicants.

Each of the following languages are an essential requirement and must be spoken by at least one of the successful candidates:

Full-time contracts – Sorani and French
Part-time contracts – Arabic and Portuguese

We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority communities and disabled people as they are under-represented in this area of work: Section 38(1)b of the Race Relations Act 1976 applies.

Informal enquiries please contact Jo Radcliffe, tel 273 5615.

Application forms and further details for the above post are available from Human Resources Section, Housing Services, PO Box 1918, Sheffield S1 2XX, tel 273 4871. Please quote post ref H930.

Closing date 24th December at 12 noon.