Sheltered Housing Officer

  • Park Avenue Recruitment
  • Basildon, Essex
  • Oct 04, 2025
Seasonal Real Estate

Job Description

Our client, a leading supplier of social housing across London and Essex has a fantastic opportunity for a temporary Sheltered Housing Officer to manage one of their over 60's independent living schemes in South Essex.

Key duties:

  • Daily welfare checks and responding to any emergency calls.
  • Provide housing management and tenancy sustainment advice, including support for low-level arrears.
  • Assist with viewings, lettings, sign-ups and inductions for new tenants.
  • Conduct regular health and safety checks to ensure scheme compliance (fire safety, telecare) and following up on any actions or identified issues.
  • Maintain and update support plans and risk assessments.
  • Promote tenant led initiatives and social activities.
  • Ensure that the scheme remains in a safe and secure state.

Skills required:

  • Experience in managing a sheltered housing scheme with older or vulnerable residents.
  • Strong housing management experience including legislation and best practice related to sheltered housing.
  • Thorough knowledge of health and safety.
  • Skilled in completing assessments and support plans.
  • Knowledge of dealing with Safeguarding issues to ensure alerts are made efficiently and sensitively.
  • Confidence to work independently on site five days a week.

Applicants must have access to a vehicle and a full UK driving license.
An Enhanced DBS.
This role is based at the scheme five days a week.
Six-month temporary role.