APPLICATION INFORMATION PACK
Accommodation Officer (s) – Coventry Services
(Foyer)
Full Time Position 37.5 and part time positions available – x2
Spring Housing Association is dedicated to safeguarding all our customers, and expects staff,
volunteers, and contractors to share this commitment.
Applicants must be able to undertake a DBS check and provide a satisfactory certificate if required,
together with evidence of your current right to work in the UK.
At Spring Housing, we are committed to diversity and inclusion, and positively welcome
applications from everyone.
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‘Investing to prevent homelessness’
Our Vision:
To achieve lasting independence for individuals through tailored support,
inclusive communities and innovative housing solutions.
Our Mission:
To prevent homelessness by creating safe places to live, supporting
strong futures, removing barriers and influencing change within the sector
Our Values:
Our Aims:
▪ Preventing Homelessness
o Deliver safe homes and tailored support for lasting stability
o Reduce the stigma associated with Homelessness
▪ Encouraging Independence
o Promoting life skills and personal growth for brighter futures
▪ Building Communities
o Fostering connections and inclusivity to inspire positive change
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About Us:
Spring Housing Association formed in 2014 and became a registered charity in
August 2015.
We are a charity working with people in need of accommodation and tenancy
related support across the West Midlands. We work in conjunction with the private
sector and housing associations to provide general needs and specialist services
to care leavers, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and refuges.
We deliver a range of person-centred services to support individuals to obtain,
maintain and sustain accommodation long term.
We currently employ over 100 staff and operate throughout Birmingham, Black
Country, Coventry, Herefordshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, and
Warwickshire.
We provide exempt accommodation housing and support solutions across 23
geographical regions and work with various local authorities.
We really value our staff team – they are the reason Spring provides excellent
services. Our staff embrace and live our values on a day-to-day basis.
We welcome feedback to continually strive to improve the working environment
and experience for our customers. Recent newcomers to Spring said…
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"Friendly staff, interesting job role, good payment”
“It’s a supportive, friendly open environment”.
“I like the ethos and values of Spring, also it is one team and support is always
available.
“I like how helpful and friendly the staff are, that there is always someone to
help if you get stuck. I like that the company is clearly customer focussed and
do everything they can to help and support”.
Benefits of
Working with
Spring:
✓ Flexible working
hours including
part time hours,
evenings, and
weekends.
✓ 34 days annual
leave
✓ 1-day additional
paid leave (pro
rata) on your
birthday
✓ Contributory
pension scheme
✓ Death in service
benefit two times
basic salary
✓ Health4All – Cash
Plan. Individual
cover provided
after 6 months
service with the
option to upgrade.
✓ Bike to work
scheme - lease a
new bike and
spread the cost
over/up to twelve
months interest
free payments.
✓ Employee
assistance
programme – free
confidential advice
and counselling
✓ A commitment to
staff training and
development.
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Thank you from Janette Beckett – Group CEO
Dear Applicant,
I would like to thank you for your interest in working with Spring Housing.
I’m really excited by the direction Spring is taking as an organisation. We started in 2014
to get back to the original ethos of why housing associations were initially established, we saw that the
housing crisis was getting worse, and that homelessness continued to be a major issue across the
Midlands, and we wanted to use our relationships with private sector landlords to bring private houses into
social use.
We believe we are still living to our original purposes and making a real difference to our customers lives.
We have only been able to do this through the dedication and commitment of our staff. They have been
fundamental in the lives of our customers and the success of our services to date.
I’m sure if you are successful that you will see what makes Spring different!
We have a real “can-do” attitude and are diverse in our services and people. It’s a really exciting place to
work and you will be joining and contributing to an organisation with a real passion to make a long-term
difference to the lives of our customers.
If you are successful in your application, we will assist you to settle into your new role and team as quickly
as possible.
I hope that you find this application pack informative and useful during the application process. If you
require further information, please email recruitment@springhousing.org.uk or visit our website.
Yours sincerely,
Janette Beckett
Chief Executive
Spring
Accommodation
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JOB ADVERT: ACCOMODATION OFFICER
Do you have experience supporting
vulnerable individuals and providing
housing-related assistance?
You may already work within the
homelessness sector or have supported
individuals facing complex and challenging
circumstances and possess the transferable
skills and competencies we value. This is
an exciting opportunity to join an
organisation committed to breaking cycles of homelessness,
poverty, and social isolation by offering high-quality
accommodation and compassionate, person-centred support.
You will be based at the Coventry Foyer, located on Lower
Holyhead Road near the city centre which is a 63-bed self-
contained supported accommodation scheme for people
aged 18 and over.
The space accommodation across three floors and a range of communal meeting spaces are
located on the ground floor areas.
The role of Accommodation Officer is dynamic, demanding, and deeply rewarding. You will deliver
trauma-informed, strengths-based support and intensive housing management to our residents,
building trusting relationships and guiding them from initial referral through their journey with
Spring, and ultimately toward resettlement in stable, long-term housing.
The ideal candidate will have:
▪ Genuine passion, empathy, and a desire to support people experiencing homelessness.
▪ A proven track record and understanding of intensive housing management and working
with and delivering outstanding services to vulnerable people.
▪ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adapting your style to best meet the
needs of a range of different individuals.
▪ The ability to liaise with a range of partner agencies and service providers to improve
access to services for our customers.
▪ Self-motivation, and the ability to manage and prioritise your workload according to the
changing needs and demands of the service and our customers.
▪ Outstanding problem-solving skills, innovation, and creative thinking to overcome barriers
to engagement with our customers.
▪ The ability to mitigate risk, manage complex situations and make decisions with
confidence.
▪ An understanding of trauma-informed practice and delivery of customer-led, customer
focussed services.
An Enhanced DBS check will be required.
If you have any questions, would like any further information or to discuss the role in more
detail, please do not hesitate to contact me directly –
Jill Henderson, Assistant Head of Housing and Well-being Services
jill@springhousing.org.uk
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“I was so relieved to be at Spring - it was lovely, the staff were funny and caring. I
felt like myself there again even though it was a temporary home, for me it was
the best I could’ve asked for.” Customer, Coventry Services 2024
We have a Candidate Privacy Policy which is in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR) effective from 25 May 2018. The updated Privacy Policy has been designed to make our data
processing activities as transparent as possible. We encourage you to take a look at the updated
documents, and if you have any questions please contact us or visit https://springhousing.org.uk/about-
us/our-privacy-notice/
As part of our commitment to making Spring a great place to work, we offer a comprehensive reward and
benefits package.
Spring Housing Association takes safeguarding of vulnerable people seriously - all
applicants will be subject to Safer Recruitment Checks
For further information on how to apply:
Please send your CV via the Indeed portal. If you are invited to an interview, you will also need to complete
an application form. For further information please refer to our Applicant Information Pack –
www.springhousingassociation.org.uk/recruitment
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Job Description and Person Specification
Accommodation Officer – Coventry Foyer
Senior Housing Officer / Service Lead
Coventry Services
£27,300.00 - up to dependant on experience
@ 0.45p per mile
Post:
Reporting to:
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1. Responsibilities
Providing specialist support and intensive housing management services to people with vulnerabilities who
are experiencing homelessness, including those with complex needs and behaviour that challenges.
Supporting customers to maintain accommodation, build resilience, and improve wellbeing through person-
centred support and partnership working.
▪ Assessing each customer and supporting them to recognise and achieve their goals in the areas of
accommodation, health and wellbeing, financial inclusion, community engagement, employment,
education, and training and any other area that is important to them.
▪ To make sure desired outcomes are maximised for every customer by working creatively and flexibly,
ensuring their views and aspirations remain fundamental to their own journey. Providing advocacy and
mediation of behalf of customers where required whilst enabling them to develop assertiveness and
improved communication skills.
▪ To understand trauma and its impact on behaviour, health, and wellbeing; to engage in trauma informed
practice and to engage in solution-focused, strength-based conversations, support-planning, and
delivery.
2. Service Delivery
1. To enable customer outcome achievement through the development of customer-led professional
relationships, active listening, and proactive support.
2. Induction and welcoming of new customers ensuring awareness of their rights and responsibilities and
helping them settle into their new home.
3. Develop strength-based, holistic, and trauma-informed assessments and support plans with customers
enabling them to sustain accommodation, improve resilience and promote independence, health, and
well-being through delivery of appropriate interventions, partnership working and referrals to a range of
external agencies.
4. To ensure effective and efficient service delivery and development in line with contract requirements to
ensure the provision for a range of housing support, advice and guidance services to vulnerable people
including, housing, health, employment & training, mental health, substance misuse and community-
based services through active partnership working and customer insight.
5. To promote the Charter of Rights - Providing positive customer experiences that informs and shapes
our business planning to improve service delivery-measurable through engagement activities, customer
surveys, resident meetings, focus groups, compliments, and complaints.
6. To ensure financial viability through appropriate income management, including welfare benefit support,
unlocking barriers to rent/service charge payments, ensuring customer is up to date with rent payments
to avoid eviction and working in partnership with Allocation Team to keep void loss at a minimum in line
with KPIs
7. To provide SMART move on plans for customers leaving or moving on from the service into
independent or alternative accommodation.
8. Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to implement pragmatic problem solving,
unblock barriers and facilitating access for vulnerable people into various services to improve life
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chances.
9. To support customers to reduce behaviours which may be challenging or perceived as negative and to
provide crisis intervention solutions
10. Working with individuals within properties to support them to adhere to occupancy agreement to reduce
homelessness e.g. Property and room checks, repairs and managing health and safety requirements.
11. Comprehensive intensive housing and voids management, maintaining a high standard of health and
safety, building compliance and property standards.
12. Achievement of key performance indicators and contract compliance in line with service standards
13. Supporting team and organisational excellence through actively engaging in team meetings, reflective
practice, professional and personal development, cross-organisational support, and learning.
14. Identifying and supporting best practice and innovative solutions for continual improvement.
15. Commitment to personal and service development including specialist skills through training and other
leaning methods to effectively respond to need
16. To respond to unforeseen and crisis situations as required and be available for emergency cover within
your own service and contribute to the overall running of the service and wider organisation.
17. Solution-focused and trauma-informed approach to working with confidence when dealing with
challenging and complex situations.
18. To assist with other duties as required by Management
3. Safeguarding and Health and Safety
19. To be responsible for the safeguarding, health, safety and welfare of yourself, customers and others at
work and undertake health and safety duties as required.
20. Ensure that Safeguarding and Health and Safety Policies and procedures are adhered to and report
incidents and serious concerns to Senior Management.
4. Budgets and Financial Control
21. Consideration for service financial viability through ensuring maximising income, cost effectiveness and
value for money.
5. General
22. Work shifts on a rota basis; this may include weekends and evenings in line with customer needs.
23. To participate in team meetings, supervisions and other review meetings and demonstrate a
commitment to your learning and professional development.
24. To ensure that all customers, staff, and others are treated equally and fairly in accordance with policy
and procedure.
25. Promote and uphold all Spring Housing Association Policies and to conduct yourself and represent
Spring in a professional manner at all times.
This job description covers the current range of duties and will be reviewed from time to time. It is
Spring Housing’s aim to reach agreement on changes, but if agreement is not possible, Spring
Housing reserves the right to change this job description.
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Person Specification
Essential Desirable
Education and Qualifications
▪ GCSEs grade D or above or equivalent Level 2 qualification and Functional
skills level 2
▪ Qualification in Health & Social Care, Homeless Services or Housing
Experience
▪ Experience of working with people with vulnerabilities within in social care
or housing setting, or demonstrable transferrable skills obtained through
working with people in challenging environments
Knowledge and Understanding
▪ Awareness of housing, welfare benefits, and homelessness
▪ Understanding of income management, including pro-active management
of rent accounts, reduction of arrears and void management.
▪ Understanding of barriers to accommodation sustainment and how to
support customers to overcome these challenges.
▪ Understands the social, cultural, and economic influences, individual
circumstances, behaviour, and lifestyle choices that impact on health and
well-being outcomes for customers.
▪ Knowledge and understanding of adult safeguarding.
▪ Understand and demonstrate what it means to provide person-centred,
trauma-informed, and solution-focussed support to assist customers to
make informed decisions and achieve their goals.
▪ Understands role requirement and the importance of accessing,
maintaining, and storing documentation relation to housing and support in
accordance with policy and procedure and legal requirement for
maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
Abilities and Skills
▪ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to adapt
your style to best meet the needs of a range of different individuals.
▪ To liaise with a range of partner agencies and service providers to improve
access to services for our customers.
▪ Self-motivation, and the ability to manage and prioritise your workload
according to the changing needs and demands of the service and our
customers.
▪ Outstanding problem-solving skills, innovation, and creative thinking to
overcome barriers to engagement with our customers.
▪ The ability to mitigate risk, manage complex situations and make decisions
with confidence.
▪ Understanding of IT systems including Microsoft packages, email, and data
management systems.
▪ Able to produce and analyse reports, understand key performance
indicators, and contract delivery.
▪ Ability to lone-work, and to contribute positively to an effective and
supportive wider team.
▪ Keep complete, clear, accurate and timely recording using digital platforms
as required.
▪ Contributes to the maintenance of healthy and safe working and living
environments through risk assessment, appropriate practice, use of
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resources, techniques and behaviours and understanding relevant
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Is aware of the environment in which they work, and customers live, and
how to maintain their own and others safety. Able to work in challenging
situations and report incidents, accidents, and complaints in a timely
manner, taking appropriate action where necessary.
▪ Able to identify ways to promote dignity and is aware of individuals
environments and factors that may cause distress, disagreement, or
dissatisfaction.
Behaviours
▪ Promotes the Charter of Rights, holds various activities and initiatives for
customer involvement and engagement and demonstrates customer
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customers and stakeholders, demonstrating respect, consideration,
compassion, and empathy always.
▪ Understands, promotes, and advocates for equality and diversity and
demonstrates inclusion through interaction with individuals.
▪ Demonstrate the values of Spring Housing Association and a commitment
to personal and professional development.
- Positivity and Giving Opportunities
- Creating Quality Homes and Happy Lives
- Building Memories and Focussing on Futures
- Proudly Supporting Each Other
Additional Job Requirements
▪ Full driving licence and access to a vehicle with business insurance.
▪ Able to work on a rota system including evenings if required.
▪ Enhanced DBS check.
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