Peripatetic Housing Support Officer

Location: Based in the North West, Blackpool, possible travel to Westmorland and Carlisle

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