Retirement Housing Officer
Fife Council, Kemback, Fife
Retirement Housing Officer
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Fife Council, Kemback, Fife
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 12 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 840086f4dd134608b946a9862c033e37
Location ref: Kemback, Fife
Full Job Description
Good Housing impacts on so many aspects of our daily lives. As well as being a basic human right, it also encourages a sense of community, helps economies to thrive and creates an environment which people want to protect.
We need you to help us meet our aim to provide everyone with access to good quality, affordable decent housing that meets their needs and aspirations. We want to improve the quality of life for people across Fife, and we work with many different organisations, including tenants' groups, to try to make that happen.
The role of the Retirement Housing Officer is to deliver Retirement Housing Services to complexes. The Retirement Housing Officer provides a range of welfare, monitoring and retirement housing assistance to tenants. The post is committed to promoting and assisting individuals to maintain their independence. The Retirement Housing Officer delivers advice and assistance to sustain independent living solutions and responds to emergency situations.
A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
It is essential that the individual has moderate experience of working with Older People or service users with Specific Needs. You will have the ability to deal with crisis situations and be able to demonstrate an ability to work on his/her own initiative. Have a positive attitude to service users. Possess good literacy and numeracy skills and basic IT skills - have the ability to deal with e-mails. Be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a range of internal/external partner agencies.
The normal working week is 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, Monday to Friday. A requirement of this post is to work on public holidays.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria
How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our behaviour framework for more information.
Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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About this company
Fife Council
View full company profileWe employ approximately 18,000 employees who provide 900 different services to over 365,000 people yet we have one of the highest overall customer satisfaction ratings for a Council in the UK. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy. We are a large organisation and have a wide range of job roles from teachers, social care workers, community education workers, and planners, to support roles, like accountancy, IT and HR, not to mention communications and marketing, and law. Fife Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are a Disability Confident employer and as users of the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If you're looking for a real career challenge, you'll find it here in Fife!