Peripatetic Housing Support Officer

Location: Based in the North West, Wigan, Warrington and Liverpool with wiliness to travel to Stoke/Telford as and when needed.

Salary: £12.75 per hour

Job Type: Part-time, Permanent

Working hours: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Reporting To: Housing Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a compassionate and adaptable Housing Support Officer (Peripatetic) to deliver high-quality, person-centred support to vulnerable adults across a range of locations. This is a flexible role involving travel between services, supporting tenants to maintain safe and sustainable tenancies while promoting independence, wellbeing, and social inclusion.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Tenant Support & Engagement
  • Deliver tailored support to tenants with complex needs
  • Develop and review support plans and risk assessments
  • Support independent living skills such as budgeting and self-care
  • Enable access to specialist services and community opportunities
  • Build professional and trusting relationships
• Housing & Tenancy Management
  • Manage a flexible caseload across multiple sites
  • Support rent payments, budgeting, and tenancy obligations
  • Address anti-social behaviour and tenancy issues
  • Conduct property inspections
  • Prevent tenancy breakdown and eviction
• Safeguarding & Risk Management
  • Respond to safeguarding concerns
  • Complete risk assessments
  • Follow health and safety procedures
• Multi-Agency Working
  • Work with local authorities and partner agencies
  • Attend meetings and advocate for tenants
• Compliance & Service Delivery
  • Travel between sites to meet service needs
  • Complete health & safety checks
  • Coordinate with contractors
  • Maintain documentation and records
  • Adapt to changing priorities
• About You
  • Experience working with vulnerable adults or similar settings
  • Knowledge of housing or tenancy sustainment
  • Understanding of safeguarding and risk management
  • Ability to manage workload effectively
  • IT and record-keeping skills
  • Compassionate and person-centred
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Team player
  • Reliable and professional
  • Resilient
  • Willingness to travel
• Additional Requirements
  • Driving licence and access to a vehicle for business purposes
  • Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check required
  • Flexible to meet service needs
  • Available to take on extra hours
• Company Benefits
  • Business mileage paid at the rate of £0.55 per mile
  • 5 weeks' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
  • Matched pension contributions
  • Independent Financial Wellbeing service
  • Health Care cash plan with Medicash
  • Life Assurance cover equivalent to 1 years' salary