Swyddog Cymorth Llety Dros Dro / Temporary Accommodation Support Officer

Job Ref: RE-1964 Job Scale: Gradd 6 / Grade 6 Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours Speciality:

Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

Collaborate closely with the Temporary Accommodation Officer and the wider Housing team to deliver a comprehensive and effective temporary accommodation service. This includes managing both entry and move-on processes, ensuring applicants receive appropriate housing related support throughout their stay. Additionally, ensure the Council maximizes the use of local resources to prevent and relieve homelessness.

Contribute to the prevention and/or relief of homelessness by offering informed advice and taking proactive, solution-focused actions.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.