Housing options advisor (health and housing)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health and Housing Options Advisor to work across both the Acute and Community hospitals in North Northamptonshire. Our successful Health and Housing Partnership, involving the Council, Kettering General Hospital and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has been in place since 2017. The partnership focuses on integrating health and housing locally, by making more effective use of resources and ultimately improving the health and wellbeing of residents locally. Our benefits Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think! Why choose us? We offer a vibrant working environment with: a competitive salary a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection. lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance. We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups. What will you be doing? The main aim of the role is to help prevent delays in hospital discharge when there is a housing issue by finding and assisting patients with suitable housing solutions where possible and being the key point of contact for hospital colleagues. The role will involve building relationships and knowledge across the sectors and working closely with health and housing teams across North Northamptonshire to support people with complex needs to remain in their own home or to help them find an alternative housing solution. In addition, there will also be the opportunity to be involved in the delivery of preventative solutions through project work to help address the identified gaps in health and housing provision locally. About you You will have experience of working within a local authority or equivalent organisation along with experience of working with or understanding of vulnerable people or those with complex needs. You will have a proven ability to work effectively with a variety of teams and structures, be able to work well under pressure and use your initiative to manage and prioritise your workload. To succeed in the role, you will have well developed negotiating and problem-solving skills in addition to excellent communication skills to provide advice and assistance to achieve positive outcomes. Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details including the essential and desirable criteria for this role. About us Our Values and Behaviours Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are: Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most. Disability Confident Employer We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council Armed Forces Community The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)