Housing Specialist

**THE ORGANISATION**

Permalink Support Services is a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Provider, that offers Homecare & Community Care services, Coordination, Therapy, Housing, Supported Independent Living and Job Active Programs, to people with a disability.

Servicing all regions of Metropolitan Melbourne, Permalink is rapidly growing and expanding its care services with more than 500 Support Workers & Clients to date.

**The Role**

The Housing Specialist is one of the most important executives at Permalink Support Services, and their primary responsibilities include client intake, housing assistance and management, customer relations development, providing conflict resolution services, and acting as the main point of communication between the client, support coordinator/stakeholders with our administration teams.

**Benefits & Culture**
- Working in an environment with defined management structures and processes, where Client Housing Management is a highly valued team member
- Employee allowances
- Monthly employee events, functions, and activities
- Long Service Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- You will be able to have a broad remit and be influential across the organisation.
- Variety of learning and professional development opportunities
- Opportunity to transition into a Part-time role after 6 months of continuous performance

**POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Responsible for initiating client intake, setup of housing plans, weekly budget and providing each client a weekly 3hr service engagement to seek appropriate housing.
- Attend to high profile clients and severe complex cases searching for private rental, community housing or short-term accommodation.
- Organise with client’s weekly private property searches and book inspection appointments
- Responsible for connecting with clients weekly via a call and sending confirmation messages for inspection bookings, lease approvals and any other communications necessary.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team including Client Services managers, clients, support coordinators and external stakeholders to sustain tenancies.
- Experience or capacity dealing with people who have experienced homelessness.
- Capacity dealing with complex and challenging clients with an ability to engage clients to create a budget and seek appropriate housing in a timely manner.
- Highly Skilled in managing disputes/complaints and/or breaches in accordance with The Residential Tenancies Act, HCA policies and NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills and relationship management skills.
- Well-developed organisational skills including the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced environment and works well under pressure
- A team player who can work as a team while also having the capacity to function autonomously.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft Office programmers and the capacity to use/ learn new systems/databases such as housing management databases.
- Provide strong leadership and direction for staff within the department, ensuring a high level of service delivery, professional development, and workplace culture.
- Ensure quality in service delivery to clients

**ELECTION CRITERIA**
- Tertiary or diploma qualifications in a Health or Human Service-related field
- Customer service skills and problem - solving capability, particularly in customer relations and building organisational capability applied within a disability and National Insurance Disability Scheme service framework.
- Computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office, and the ability to adapt to new in-house systems.
- Demonstrated understanding of mental health, autism, and disability service standards.
- A good understanding and knowledge of customer relations and NDIS frameworks and have the ability to build and manage relationships with customers/participants and their employees.
- A broad range of influencing skills, experience producing high quality and effective written communication with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a diverse set of support coordinators, support workers, and administration staff.
- Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate effectively with a range of people and in a variety of situations.
- Flexibility to work reasonable additional hours to fulfill the scope of the role.
- Current driver’s licence
- Current Police Check
- Current Working with Children Check

Onsite compliances to be completed during induction include:

- NDIS Worker Screener Check
- COVID-19 Infection Control Training
- NDIS Module Certificate

**OUR VISION**

Our vision is to be a valued partner in creating positive changes to enable all people with a disability to be respected equally and reach their full potential to live a prosperous life.

**OUR MISSION**

Our mission is to respect and empower all people to