Housing Related Support Officer
Closing in 13 days (31 August 2025 5:00 pm)
Job details
Salary: from £31,022 to £32,597
Employer: Homes in Somerset
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset,
Contract type: Fixed term contract
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 31 August 2025 5:00 pm
About the job
Key information
Location: Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, United Kingdom, Patch based, Hybrid – home & office based
Salary: from £31,022 to £32,597
Closes at 31/08/2025
Contract Type: Full Time, Temporary – Fixed Term Contract 6 months
What will I be doing?
We are looking for someone to join us for six months (possibly longer) as a Housing-Related Support Officer, looking after our customers on our three Extra Care schemes. This important role entails supporting people to maintain their tenancies, deal with finances and repairs, helping with personal admin and a host of other issues which arise. Importantly, it also entails setting up and running social activities and generally contributing to our residents’ happiness and wellbeing.
What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?
What do I need to be successful?
- A current driving licence
- A desire to support vulnerable people
- Well-developed IT, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work professionally and collaboratively with other teams across the organisation to achieve great outcomes for our customers.
- A high degree of problem-solving skills.
- The ability to apply your skills to motivate, support, influence and organise work to deliver high quality services.
- Represent the service and the wider organisation.
- Support the team and customers to facilitate staff rotation as necessary.
- The ability to network and develop strong partnership working across the geographical area in which the service is delivered.
- The ability to research and access funding opportunities
What is in it for me?
We want Homes in Somerset to be a great place to work, where colleagues are proud to work for the organisation. As well as working alongside some amazing colleagues to provide great services to our customers, we offer a range of benefits.
DBS check
All appointments are subject to two satisfactory references, a DBS check and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
Supporting documents and information
To apply, please visit the vacancies section on our website
You will be asked for full contact details for two referees (including your current employer if applicable). Please note we will not request references without your prior permission.
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 5pm.