Housing Officer

Brief outline of the role: The Housing Officer will provide contact, support, advice, and guidance through Intensive Housing Management Plus to support tenants to maintain their tenancy. They will manage referrals, set up tenancies, make housing benefit applications, respond to day to day repairs/maintenance, record support, liaise with local authorities, outside organisations/landlords/letting agents.

Who we are: The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want "good support from kind and friendly people" - so that is what we are looking for!

Introduction to the role: To provide an efficient, responsive, and sensitive housing support plus service to Grace Eyre Housing's current and future tenants with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health needs.

This role is fixed term from September 2024 until end of June 2026

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement


• One paid celebration day a year


• Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Generous refer-a-friend scheme


• One paid volunteering day a year


• Enhanced sick pay


• Enhanced employer pension contribution


• Enhanced death in service


• Training and development opportunities


• Flexible working opportunities.


We are also:

• A living wage employer


• Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader


• Accredited as an Investors in People employer


Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.