Housing Assistant – Paisley (PAIHA0621)

Housing Assistant – Paisley (PAIHA0621)

22.5 hours per week

Salary scale: £17,010 - £17,276 (pro rata) pay award pending

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with the right values to join our service assisting and supporting vulnerable homeless people to achieve better lives.

The successful candidate will be expected to complement the work of our support teams by ensuring the security of the building through observation and checks, maintaining health, safety and hygiene standards and following procedures such as for financial transactions, admissions and leavers, housing benefit, incident reports and building repairs reports.

You should have sound literacy and numeracy skills and experience of dealing with challenging behaviour. Other essentials include: experience of team working; good verbal communication; the ability to interact with people in an appropriate and positive way; and, above all, the determination to make a difference in the lives of our service users.

The post will involve two - four rota shifts per week.

Typical shift patterns: 07:45-15:15 and 14:45-22:15 including week days, evenings and weekends.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning.

In return, we will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities, competitive annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, access to employee assistance programmes such as counselling, and life assurance.

To apply, please visit www.btha.org.uk/items/BTHA-Jobs to download the application pack with reference PAIHA0621

The closing date for submission of completed application forms is

12 noon on Tuesday 22 June 2021

Forms can be submitted electronically to recruitment@btha.org.uk or by post to

Blue Triangle (Glasgow) Housing Association,

3rd Floor, 100 Berkeley Street, Glasgow G3 7HU.

Blue Triangle Housing Association recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief. We welcome applications from all sections of the community