Older Persons Independent Living Service

Location: Sheltered Housing Schemes across the City of Sheffield within the Older Persons Independent Living Service.

An opportunity has arisen within the Older Person’s Independent Living Service, for recruitment to two Neighbourhood Officer posts.

The successful applicants will join our established team carrying out a range of Housing duties, whilst delivering a responsive service to a varying and growing client group across more than 30 schemes across the city. Our Neighbourhood Officers are typically located in one geographical area, however working at different OPIL sites is expected and may be city wide.

They will be expected to have a flexible approach and will work some out of hours when the scheme requires it.

The successful applicants to be able to manage their own workload, whilst at the same time be a team player and work well as part of a team. You will possess a good level of IT skills, some housing knowledge, and an understanding of the needs of older people and vulnerable adults. The schemes are Independent Living which offer activities to reduce loneliness and isolation.

We expect our Neighbourhood Officers to support this and be willing to facilitate regular activities to encourage social interaction. In this exciting post, we are expecting the successful applicants to deliver a truly person-centred approach to housing management and housing support.

Working in collaboration with other services the successful applicants will support older, more vulnerable adults to sustain their tenancies within a scheme or geographical area.

We see all customer care, signposting and collaborative working as key elements in this role. Knowing professional boundaries with regards to tenants is a must. A full clean driving license is desirable but not essential.

We are committed to fairness and social justice and welcome applications from everyone. We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences.

Informal enquiries can be made to:

Howard Mitchell tel 07825 866036

Howard.Mitchell@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.