Contract Type: Permanent

Post available - Part Time

Worker Type: On Site

Salary: £28,598 to £31,022 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

Nottingham City Council's Housing Solutions have an exciting opportunity within our Homelessness Service as one of our Housing Casework Advisor - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

As a Housing Casework Advisor, you will be a vital resource for the public, offering high-quality advice and assistance on a range of housing issues with a focus on preventing homelessness. Your role will involve conducting initial needs assessments, advocating on behalf of customers, liaising with various agencies, and maintaining accurate records. 

You will assist service users in reconnecting with Local Authority and other provisions outside the city. Collaborating with various agencies, you will ensure citizens access relevant services. Additionally, you will ensure tenants and landlords understand their legal rights and responsibilities, maintain accurate records of housing assistance, and issue correspondence related to homelessness legislation. Your role will also involve investigating duties under homelessness legislation and supporting formal applications. 

Join us in making Nottingham a better place to live by providing essential support to those in need.

Key priorities for the post holder will include;

1. Ability to communicate complex issues on a face to face basis demonstrating tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and customer care
2. Commitment to providing a high quality customer focussed service
3. An understanding of homelessness and the Housing Act 1996, in order to investigate possible duties owed to citizens
4. General knowledge of safeguarding
5. An understanding of why it’s important to consider equality, diversity, and inclusion in all that we do. 

When applying, candidates should provide a written statement along with their CV outlining their key skills and experiences in the priorities outlined above.

-          A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here 

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact:

Joseph Mui - to contact me by email, please click here  or 

Emma James - to contact me by email, please click here 

Closing Date:  9th February 2026

Interviews will be held: W/C 27th February 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. 

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)  + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
   
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.    

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.