Job overview

The Housing Officer plays a crucial role in supporting the housing needs of patients within an acute mental health hospital, focusing on ensuring safe, stable accommodation for individuals during their recovery.

The primary purpose of this role is to provide specialist housing advice, support, and intervention, addressing housing needs, preventing homelessness, and facilitating timely discharge planning.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, the Housing Officer helps ensure that patients are supported in accessing appropriate accommodation and welfare benefits, contributing to improved patient outcomes and social inclusion. This role requires close collaboration with local authorities, housing providers, and various external agencies to support individuals in their transition from hospital back to the community.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct housing assessments and support discharge planning in collaboration with the MDT.

• Provide welfare benefits guidance and liaise with relevant agencies to ensure continuity of support.

• Prevent homelessness by advocating for patients at risk and assisting with housing applications.

• Maintain accurate documentation and case management in line with NHS policies.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with external agencies and provide training to NHS colleagues.

• Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified and managed effectively.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process. 

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk