Vacancy: Housing Support Advisor Closing Date: Thursday 12 June 2025 Shortlisting Date: Friday 13 June 2025 Interview Date: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 June 2025 Contract Type: Fixed term until 31 January 2027 Salary: £ 36,427.49 About the vacancy: Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and you will provide housing related support and money advice services to enable residents to take on and sustain a tenancy to prevent homelessness, liaising with internal colleagues and external partners to ensure any support needs are addressed. You will be responsible for providing advice, guidance, assistance, and support to residents on a wide range of financial and tenancy management issues, to enable residents to sustain their tenancies and live independently in their homes. Specifically, the Housing Support Advisor will: This role supports residents to deal with issues that may threaten their tenancy or housing status, especially with matters regarding money advice, household management, health and wellbeing and anti-social behaviour. You will give advice, guidance, assistance, and support to residents about welfare benefits and income maximisation, access to grants and statutory benefits and ensure residents are not financially excluded You will advocate and negotiate on behalf of Hedyn and its residents with the relevant statutory authorities on individual cases up to and including representation at First Tier Tribunal in respect of a wide range of welfare benefits You will be responsible for the management of decants to residents who need to move temporarily or permanently from their home in an emergency situation You will encourage residents to fully participate in their community and to engage with the services available to them. You will work with neighbourhood and other teams to identify residents who would benefit from welfare advice-and support You will regularly visit residents and provide support, information, advice and other help to enable residents in the pre- and post- tenancy stages of their resettlement You will establish networks with advisors both internally and externally, identifying and replicating good practice initiatives in the sector that address and mitigate the effects and risks of welfare reform for both Hedyn and its residents You will collect and record residents data You will respond proactively to resident complaints You must have experience of working in a money advice role, with a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of welfare benefits, financial inclusion and specific support issues faced by vulnerable groups. You will have a positive attitude and total commitment to delivering great customer service. (Please refer to the attached role profile for more information.) For further information about the role, please contact Application Process: We require an application form to be completed for every role. - We do not require recruitment agency support at this time $ú all speculative CV&©s will be treated as a direct application. - Your Hedyn, our comprehensive benefits package: We believe Hedyn is a great place to work and it&©s important to us that our people feel the same way. As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential. Enhanced Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive pension scheme with generous employer contributions. Enhanced Annual Leave: You&©ll start on 25 days annual leave ( Bank Holidays) which would increase to 30 days following 3 years&© service. Agile Working Policy (dependent on role): Hedyn work with the philosophy that $ùwork is something you do rather than somewhere you go.&© Health and Wellbeing: We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption and Sick leave and a sabbatical leave policy. Development: We offer many professional and personal development options such as paying for professional membership, sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development. We want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If you are looking for your next career challenge, seeking responsibility, and are passionate about delivering the best possible service, we'd love to hear from you.