Senior Practitioner

1 x Full-Time post - Permanent

37 hours per week

Grade 11 (salary £40,444 £42,123)

An exciting opportunity has become available within the homeless Assessment and Support service for a Senior Practitioner to join and complement our well established and customer focused team in the delivery of Bury Councils statutory and non-statutory homeless and housing functions

The successful candidates will need to be highly motivated and have the ability to manage diverse caseloads and work well within a team and independently. You will have a comprehensive knowledge of homeless legislation and be able to support and guide a team of Homeless assessment officers. We are a very busy service therefore a flexible approach is important in sourcing positive solutions for customers and ensuring all aspects of a customer’s housing needs are considered.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Matthew Doyle on M.Doyle@bury.gov.uk.
Interviews will be held on the 30/9/26

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