Homeless Prevention Caseworker

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Strong Communication Skills – Ability to engage with customers in a compassionate and professional manner, even in challenging situations.
• Problem-Solving & Decision-Making – Skilled at analysing information, making sound decisions, and finding practical solutions under pressure.
• Organisational Skills – Able to manage a busy caseload, prioritise tasks, and meet statutory deadlines.
• Negotiation & Conflict Resolution – Confident in negotiating with landlords, agencies, and other stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• IT Proficiency – Comfortable using Microsoft Office and case management systems to maintain accurate records and reports.
• Resilience & Adaptability – Ability to work flexibly and remain calm in crisis situations.
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Work effectively with colleagues and external partners to deliver joined-up support.

Knowledge of housing and homelessness legislation is essential—but don’t worry if you’re not an expert yet! Come with a willingness to learn, and we’ll provide full training and support to help you develop the technical knowledge you need.

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high-performing Council, and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate, and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions.
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme.
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/tz5leieu/homeless_prevention_caseworker_rp.pdf]

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Charlotte Mitchell - charlotte.mitchell@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work/personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-here/application-process/].

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Cornwall Council delivers services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-here/]

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-here/benefits-of-working-for-the-council/].

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures, and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion, and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people, and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.