SIFA Fireside, Closing date: 28 September

The Housing Transition Worker role is based at SIFA Fireside’s main Support Centre in Digbeth. The role sits within the service delivery team and works directly with Birmingham City Council’s Housing Options team, as well as working alongside Rough Sleeper Initiative and other statutory services, to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping. This service supports adults living in supported exempt accommodation to remain in their existing accommodation, or where  newly housed.

The service will deliver housing related support and signpost to other services as appropriate, including but not limited to, education or training, employment support and tenancy management workshops. The service will also liaise with landlords where needed to resolve issues and ensure a smooth transition into accommodation, preventing a return to rough sleeping through a time limited intervention and referrals into appropriate support services where needed.

Fixed term positions for six months initially. 

Benefits: Progressive career development opportunities, 28 days holiday entitlement (pro rata), increasing to 31 based on length of service, time off in lieu for Bank Holidays worked, access to an ethical pension scheme, invitation to join the Employee Voice group, Wellbeing Wednesdays, central Digbeth location.

SIFA Fireside is committed to ensuring its staff team is reflective of the community we support and we welcome applications from individuals who have lived experience of the issues our clients face. We strive to address diversification through initiatives such as our Employee Voice and our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion staff working group. We are also committed to providing Unconscious Bias and Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity training to all staff.

Full time position salary - £23,641 pro rata Part time position £14,185 pro rata.

Further details, including key tasks and working conditions, are available in the job description.

Closing date 28th September at 12noon.

Please apply using the following link:- https://sifafireside.co.uk/workwithus/homeless-transition-worker-2/