Role: Whole Housing Approach (WHA) Coordinator
Based: Remote with occasional onsite work (travel expenses paid)
Rate: £18 umb
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Fixed term contract until 30/04/2025
Hours: 15 hours per week 3 hours per day
Our client, a specialist charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse and creating safer communities is looking for a Whole Housing Approach (WHA) Coordinator to join their team.
Synopsis of duties:
- Collaborate with three London Boroughs and a range of multi-agency partners to ensure the effective and inclusive implementation of the WHA model across the areas.
- Assessing and managing applications for safety measures and urgent funding requests, enabling victims and survivors of domestic abuse to access safe, secure, and supportive accommodation
- Coordinate and manage the Sanctuary Scheme (Hammersmith & Fulham) and Flexible Funding Scheme (Tri-Borough), processing applications and responding to urgent funding requests efficiently.
- Collaborate with local housing services and multi-agency partners to ensure a coordinated housing response for domestic abuse survivors.
- Review and assess applications for safety measures and funding, ensuring compliance with policies and the needs of survivors.
- Ensure confidentiality and GDPR compliance in all aspects of the role.
- Monitor and report on application progress, funding allocation, and outcomes, providing updates to stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for service improvement to ensure housing solutions are accessible and responsive to the needs of survivors.
Essential Requirements
- Strong understanding of domestic abuse and its impact, particularly in relation to housing and accommodation needs.
- Knowledge of housing and homelessness issues, and the barriers survivors face in accessing housing services.
- Experience working within the coordinated community response to domestic abuse, with a commitment to partnership working
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency