Role Description /

ROLE:Accommodation Support Officer

RESPONSIBLE TO:Operational Co-ordinator

REPORTING ROLES:Not applicable

PURPOSE:To deliver Housing Advice services across the Suffolk Offender Accommodation Partnership (SOAP) and Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) services

RESPONSIBILITIES

Service Planning and Delivery

  • Deliver the services in accordance with their Action Plansand individual service users’ Delivery Plans
  • Liaise regularly and provide relevant information to the Co-ordinator on the delivery of the service
  • Work closely with stakeholders, including Probation Services, to ensure that the service becomes an integrated and valued part of the service that they offer to their customers
  • Adhere to all relevant policies and procedures within the services and the organisation
  • Assist the Co-ordinator in developing and implementing change
  • Assist the Co-ordinator in meeting contractual requirements

Developing the Service

  • Assist the Co-ordinator in developing the service and service Action Plan
  • Attend and contribute positively to meetings relevant to the service, both internal and external
  • Ensure you are flexible and approachable in your attitudeto the role

Process and Quality Assurance

  • Comply with process and quality assurance procedures
  • Inform the Co-ordinator when quality assurance procedures may be compromised
  • Ensure that at all stages the views of all stakeholders are proactively sought, actioned accordingly and recorded
  • Assist the Co-ordinator in ensuring the continual development of the serviceincluding sourcing funding for sustainability

Finance

  • Assist the Co-ordinator in delivering the service within the agreed budget

Human Resources

  • Support the Co-ordinator in the identification of resource needs
  • Assist the Co-ordinator in ensuring effective support is provided to the team to enable high quality service delivery
  • Support and work closely with any volunteers who are allocated to the service
  • Inform the Co-ordinator of any personal development needs

Information Management

  • Keep informed about external developments within the service and externally (e.g. Government initiatives)
  • Ensure all relevant management information returns are completed and submitted to the relevant bodies and within the specified time scales
  • Inform the Co-ordinator of service ICT and support materials requirements
  • Share good practice with colleagues in support of the continuous improvement of the business.

Updated October 2017