South Lanarkshire Council
H&T 4967 - G2 Housing Officer (Homelessness) (607636)
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# Housing Officer (Homelessness) – Cambuslang Gate, Permanent Role ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: 12 July 2026, 11:55pm
📍 Location: Cambuslang Gate 🕒 Hours: 35hrs per week 🕐 Work Pattern: Monday–Thursday: 8.45am–4.45pm November–March; Friday: 8.45am–4.15pm ★ Salary: £29,326 – £34,399
About the Role
You will deliver a comprehensive range of housing services, including homelessness prevention, allocations, estate management, rent recovery, and anti-social behaviour interventions. Key Requirements:
- Previous experience within housing-related environments, including knowledge of current legislation on homelessness, allocations, and related issues.
- Excellence in IT, organisational skills, adaptability to prioritise workloads under changing demands, and exceptional interpersonal communication for engagement with varied stakeholder agencies.
- Vehicle access is an advantage under Council’s Car Pool Scheme for occasional out-of-place travel.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support in line with housing-related regulations and Council priorities.
- Proactively engage with agencies, respond to customers efficiently, and resolve issues maintaining service quality and bodily safety.
- Collaborate on issue escalation and liaise effectively with professional and customer-facing teams.
Required Application Documentation
✏️ Essential Supporting Documents
Submit answers to these questions under ‘Supporting Documents’ (no CV required):
- Evidence of experience and achievements against South Lanarkshire Council’s five behaviour frameworks: [Efficient, Flexible, Leading, Working with Others, Performing].
- Housing/Homelessness experience, detailing prior roles, allocated functions, and specific achievements.
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🔍 Additional Notes:
- Online applications only (CV’s will not be accepted).
- Application correspondence will be via email.
Legal and Compliance Requirements
📖 Post-Specific Legislation and Checks
- Excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2020.
- Due to regulatory roles mitigating risk to adults/children, failure to declare a prior disqualifying conviction will be considered grounds for offence treason.
- Applicants barred from child/adult interaction roles are ineligible.
- PVG Scheme registration or update is mandatory for shortlisted candidates.
- Preliminary interview may include additional recruitment check supportвается уникальным требованиями.
🌍 Overseas Criminal Record Check
- Applicants born outside the UK or with recent stays abroad (3+ months in the last 10 years) must provide English-translated police/legal declarations confirming a clean record (documents to be authenticated).
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Equal Opportunities Statement
🌍 Inclusivity Commitments:
- Applications are invited from all backgrounds, particularly underrepresented groups, including:
- Care-experienced individuals
- Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority (BAME)
- Military background (active, ex-service, veterans)
- Disability or neurodiversity
- ‘New Scots’
⚖️ Guaranteed Interviews for:
- Disabled applicants meeting essential criteria.
- Armed forces service members/families meeting criteria (including reservists and veterans).
Council Benefits
As an employee, you will enjoy:
- Gold-Covenant employee support (military and service communities).
- Pensions: Award-winning Local Government scheme, with optional Salary Sacrifice AVC scheme to enhance your pension pot.
- Leave and Holidays:
- Minimum 33 days annual leave.
- Up to 10 fixed public holidays.
- Health & Welfare:
- Occupational sick pay.
- Flexible, family-friendly policies (e.g., maternity, paternity, carer leave).
- Wellbeing Assistance:
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Physiotherapy services.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for emotional/social support.
- Discounts (e.g., cinema tickets).
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