Referral and Placement Manager

Fixed term contract for 12 months
Weekly hours: 9am-5pm Monday to Friday
Flexible location – working across Essex in 10 local authority areas
Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Referral and Placement Manager on a fixed term basis at our Essex Homeless Partnership (EHP). This service is designed to reduce and prevent homelessness and promote the independence, wellbeing, and inclusion of all those who access the service.
We have offices and schemes across Essex so you must ideally live in the County of Essex.
What we’re looking for:
* Do you have experience of working for a service or partnership which focuses on delivering a fair allocation of social housing?
* Do you have good networking and partnership experience?
* Are you experienced in tracking outcomes and prepare regular KPI reports?
* Are you experienced in managing data and understand the GDPR requirements around data storage and usage?
* Do you have knowledge of safeguarding, risk and need assessments?
* Are you confident using Microsoft Office such as email, excel and word?
If so, this role is perfect for you!
A bit about the role:
As a Referral and Placement Manager, you will manage, co-ordinate and ensure fair access to the service in accordance with the eligibility criteria. You will work across the County of Essex in 10 Local Authority areas. Our ethos is one of co-designed services - inclusive of tenants’ ideas and feedback. For that reason, our services are truly accessible to people in need of support.
Some of the key results for the role include:
* Develop joint working relationships with all relevant stakeholders and partners.
* Utilise, allocate and make the best us of available properties available across our homeless accommodation service.
* Be the single point of contact for District referrals, queries information sharing, and liaison regarding vacancies and allocations.
This role will require an Enhanced DBS check.
A bit about us:
It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners. Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish.
Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:
* Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)
* Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
* Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
* Two additional paid volunteering days each year
* Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
* 4 x salary life assurance
* Up to 10% pension contribution
PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.
Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.
Closing date: 17th May 2024