Homelessness Warden (Unit)

Job Description

Place

Homelessness Warden (Unit)
Various Locations

Salary: £24,064 - £26,468 
Hours: Average 36 per week (shift working required).

The City of Edinburgh Council operate 4 hostels across the city and Homelessness Wardens provide a vital service in each project by offering advice and support whilst ensuring the accommodation is safe, secure, and clean.

We are seeking individuals who can make and maintain strong and effective relationships with their colleagues and our residents some of whom will have multiple and complex support needs and a history of trauma.

Our hostels can be a challenging work environment and our Homelessness Wardens often work without direct supervision as such we need people with strong interpersonal skills as well as the ability de-escalate potentially contentious situations calmly and effectively.

Please note that this post requires shift working - shift hours are as follows:

Shift Hours
Early Shift (7.5)	07:30	11:30	12:00	15:30
Backshift (8.42)	14:20	18:30	19:00	23:00
Night Shift (9.83)	22:00	02:00	02:30	08:20

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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