Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Sheltered Housing Support Officer - fixed term until 30/01/2026
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Salary: £25,322 - £27,727 per year
Hours: 36 per week

Working hours: Monday to Friday within normal business hours.

The post holder must have experience in providing support to vulnerable adults and the ability to develop a creative approach when assessing citizen's needs and identify where additional support is required.

Candidates must be able to work as part of a team and individually without direct supervision, and be able to assess initial health, housing or financial needs and make referrals to more specialist agencies where required.

Support Officers provide emergency responses, tailored advice, direct and indirect support to enrich the quality of peoples life, reduce social isolation, prevent or delay dependence on formal services or admission to hospital.

Candidates must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, use communication equipment and computer systems issued, and make appropriate referrals to other agencies including technological and digital solutions, to enable and support citizens to live independently in their own home and as part of their local community.

The City of Edinburgh Council's Sheltered Housing developments are located across a large geographical area city-wide, and travelling between sites will be required, usually within a particular locality area though this can change depending on the needs of the service.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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