Summary:
We are looking for a Homeless Accommodation Liaison Worker to join the team, providing front-facing cover in our temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness, ensuring the welfare and security of residents and the building. You will be the first point of contact for residents and external agencies.
United Welsh is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation providing homes and related services in South Wales. We are passionate about building homes, creating communities and transforming lives.
We look after over 6,700 homes for people across 11 local authority areas, and our services help thousands more in our communities.
Helping people to live happily and in good health is important to us, and we are proud to have been named fifth best landlord in the UK.
We have a new building programme that is worth around £55m each year and in the next five years, we intend to build 1,300 more homes.
We are ambitious about how we can help people to live their best lives, working with a range of partners including local and national government and the NHS to give people choice; tackling poverty, improving wellbeing and playing our part in ending homelessness.
The Group includes our repairs and maintenance service Celtic Horizons; timber frame home manufacturer Celtic Offsite and Harmoni Homes Ltd, which builds affordable homes and homes for sale.
With over 400 employees and a turnover of over £40m, we are an ambitious organisation with a strong sense of social purpose.
Life at United Welsh centres around our culture. We live by our values which connect us and inspire us, guiding our strategies as well as the decisions we make day to day.
Job Role:
We are looking for a Homeless Accommodation Liaison Worker to play a vital role in the management of Oak House, maintaining the safety of the building and working with residents to address their support needs and achieve their individual goals.
You will be the first point of contact for residents and external agencies. In this role, you will provide front-facing cover in our temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness, ensuring the welfare and security of residents and the building.
Working with the team to assist in the delivery of resident support whilst managing expectations, you will use a strength and asset-based, psychologically informed approach. The key to your success in this role will be understanding, supporting and promoting the aims and objectives of both the Oak House and Min-Y-Coed homeless schemes.
Key Accountabilities:
- Support: Assist Support Workers by providing support and guidance to residents, as part of their continuing planned support. To support Oak House staff in the delivery of life skills work, enabling residents to address their support needs, achieve meaningful outcomes, and their personal goals of sustaining a tenancy and independent living.
- Record-keeping and Communication: Keeping detailed and accurate confidential records ensuring information is effectively communicated between relevant United Welsh staff, ensuring that both the needs of the residents and the service are met. Contribute to daily handover meetings, ensuring effective communication between staff members coming on and going off shift.
- Housing Management: Maintaining building service continuity and the general smooth running of the project. Encourage residents’ engagement with their Licence Agreement/Contract, developing the skills they’ll need to maintain appropriate accommodation and live in a safe environment.
- Risk Management: Ensure risks are minimised and effectively managed by keeping up to date with, and adhering to, robust risk management plans.
- Health & Safety: Comply with health and fire safety regulations, report repairs or incidents, and maintain a safe environment for residents and staff.
- Personal Responsibilities: Adhere to policies, pursue self-development through training, and maintain accurate confidential records to support effective communication and service monitoring.
Download the Applicant Pack here for full details.
Additional Information:
Location: Cardiff
Salary: £25,321.70
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours
Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd June, 9am
Interview Date: 13th June 2025
We reserve the right to close the advert at any time. Candidates will be invited to interview as and when their applications are reviewed and they have been suitably shortlisted.
To Apply:
Please click on the link below.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and cover letter to jobs@unitedwelsh.com. In the cover letter, please outline why you believe you would be successful in this role based on your experience and on the essential/desirable criteria in the job description, in no more than 1,000 words.
In addition to your CV and cover letter, please also complete our online Equality, Diversity and Declaration of Interest form which can be found on our website here. If you do not complete all parts of this process, you will be at risk of your application not being progressed further.
We reserve the right to close this role early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Within your CV, please provide the names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. We will not approach these referees prior to the shortlist stage, and we will seek your permission first. However, references will be sought as part of our pre-employment checks for the successful candidate.
- We would be grateful if you could submit the Equality Diversity and Declaration of Interest form with your application. The information you provide will be used for monitoring purposes only and will be kept separate from your application
- Please ensure your CV and other documents are emailed as a Word or PDF file, as unfortunately, we are currently unable to accept applications in any other formats at the moment
- Requirements within the essential criteria of the Personal Requirements will be used for shortlisting purposes. However, all the criteria will be considered in the process of making an appointment.
Please send any applications to jobs@unitedwelsh.com or deliver them to: FAO The People Team, United Welsh, Y Borth, 13 Beddau Way, Caerphilly, CF83 2AX. Our main office is open between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
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