At a Glance
- Tasks: Support individuals experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives and gain independence.
- Company: Join Alabare, a compassionate organisation making a real difference.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, and the chance to change lives.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for personal growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a direct impact every day by helping others thrive.
- Qualifications: Experience in supported housing and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 $ per year.
Turn compassion into action by supporting people experiencing rough sleeping and homelessness to rebuild their lives, gain independence and achieve a place they can call home. Every day you'll help someone take practical steps away from crisis and towards safety, stability and a brighter future. Through trusted relationships, practical support and life-changing opportunities, you'll see the real impact of your work as people move from surviving to thriving. Every day is different. Every day matters.
The Enablement Transition Officer is a key frontline role supporting young people and adults to build stability, confidence and independence. The role provides intensive housing-related, practical and transition-focused support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, leaving care, living in supported or hostel-based accommodation, or preparing for independent living. The postholder helps clients maintain their licence agreement, reduce risk, develop everyday living skills and move towards suitable accommodation or longer-term independence.
This is a rewarding role for someone who can offer practical, strengths-based, psychologically informed and trauma-informed support. Clients may have experienced poverty, family breakdown, care experience, poor health, substance misuse, exploitation, domestic abuse, debt, unemployment, offending, isolation, disrupted education, limited support networks, long-term homelessness or other complex challenges. The focus is on building trust, recognising strengths and helping each person make realistic progress.
The role sits within services that may operate 24/7, requiring flexibility including evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays, sleep-ins and other rota requirements. It is a skilled frontline specialist role, offering the opportunity to make a direct difference without carrying management or service leadership responsibility.
- Car Driver preferred but not essential.
- Experience of working in supported housing or a related field.
- Experience of working unsupervised and on your own initiative.
- Ability to form and maintain professional working relationships with a range of individuals.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communications skills.
- Experience of forming and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Basic IT Skills.
- Knowledge of the welfare benefits system.
- Experience and knowledge of key working systems.
- Experience of involving service users in improving services.
- Experience and knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and related issues.
- Experience of accurately maintaining a petty cash system.
- Ability to record information accurately, objectively and within prescribed timescale.
- To be able to cover on a flexible rota to include some evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep ins.
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Enablement & Transition Officer employer: Alabare
Alabare offers a compassionate work environment where employees can make a real difference in the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness. The organization provides opportunities for professional growth through hands-on experience in supporting clients towards stability and independence. Employees benefit from a supportive culture that values person-centred practices and trauma-informed care.
