Job Purpose:
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Location: Various Locations in Aberdeen
Duration: Permanent, Full Time
Roles that require PVG Membership
Please note that with effect from 1 April, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30, and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £31, per annum / £17.31 per hour)
The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.
job purpose/about the role
This is a community-based role responsible for improving quality of life in households and across communities. The role involves supporting Council tenants to manage and maintain tenancies to improve outcomes by responding to, and reducing, need and risk. The postholder will contribute to realising our vision for a place where all people can prosper and has a critical role in supporting tenants in our most vulnerable communities by helping prevent harm, and intervening early where there is risk. This includes working with households to respond to early identification of Adult and Child Protection concerns to remove the risk of escalation above relevant thresholds and accelerating the provision of secure tenancies through the Housing 1st and Rapid Rehousing Transition Plans. The role will contribute to the identified outcomes recognising the importance of partnership working.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
Standard Grade or equivalent
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
• Ability to develop and sustain relationships with people and communities with
complex needs
• Ability to focus on the best outcome for each household and work to achieve
it with them.
• Ability to deliver public services to required standards and outcomes.
• Ability to work autonomously, managing own workload, deadlines and
appointments, exercise judgement and initiative, take personal responsibility
and accountability for your own practice.
• Ability to identify vulnerable people, assess needs and implement actions to
achieve better outcomes.
• Ability to assess and respond to risk within complex situations.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively in both oral and written
forms with a wide range of audience.
• Ability to produce and maintain accurate reports and documentation.
• Ability to use a range of computer packages. Eg Microsoft Office
• Qualified or working towards mandatory achievement of level 3 SVQ (SCQF
Level 7) Health and Social Care related qualification to meet registration
requirement and CIH in Housing as appropriate
• Ability to work within collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary context
• Ability to empathise with, and help, people who are recognised as
vulnerable.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information and confrontational situations using
professional judgement and effective communication skills
• Ability to recognise cases that require input from other services including
guidance from line manager
About Us
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
1. have a disability as defined by the Equality Act (all jobs)
2. looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
3. are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
4. have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
5. are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.