JOB SUMMARY
Stroud District Council is looking for an enthusiastic and committed Enabling Officer to work as part of a small team in our 28 Independent Living sites across the Stroud District. The role is essentially to enable older people to maintain their tenancies, sustain independence and have a good quality of life. You will provide housing related support including home visits, signposting, understand and facilitate needs of older people. The role also requires you to contribute to community life by working with residents to support, develop and promote social inclusion in communal areas of our Independent Living sites including our Independent Living HUBS.
About you
The successful candidate will have relevant experience to work within our Independent Living sites with excellent time management and organisational skills in relation to managing your own work load.
You will be a self-starter with a willingness to investigate and identify areas needing improvement in social inclusion activities with the ability to communicate with partner agencies and visitors to our Independent Living sites.
You will be able to identify support needs of older people, meeting need and raising alerts where appropriate. Assist with communal activities and events as well as local meetings and surgeries.
About Us
Stroud District Council’s vision is leading a community that is making Stroud District a better place to live, work and visit for everyone.
For an informal discussion, please contact Lynne Mansell, Service Delivery Manager [email protected]
Interview date: 9th July 2024
In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm we provide a range of staff benefits please click here for more information :
https://www.stroud.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/benefits-of-working-for-us
It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people and children. Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies
Stroud District has an energy unlike any other place. It’s green and dynamic, climate conscious and motivated, creative and collaborative, rural and urban, and unapologetically ambitious. To find out more about what makes our place, our people and our businesses so special, please follow the link to our dedicated website:
Stroud District – The Natural Place