Social Worker for the HABITAT service

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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

Job description

The Public Centre for Social Action of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is recruiting a Social Worker for the HABITAT service (m/f/x), under a full-time replacement contract at the BH1 scale of the civil service with an entry into office as soon as possible within the Housing service of the Department of Social Action. 🏡

The role of the Habitat Department is to promote access to and retention of applicants for assistance in decent, adapted housing and affordable rents, but also to open up access to social assistance rights in matters relating to housing and energy.

👉 To do this, the social worker will be required to carry out the following tasks:

Examining applications for social assistance in the areas of housing and energy ;
To offer individual, preventive and curative social support for social situations:
- Brakes and obstacles in finding and maintaining housing (opening up rights, registering for social housing) 🔎
- Preparation of housing entries (reading leases, preparing for a visit, rights and duties of a tenant, etc.)
- Social emergency situation in transit housing
- Evictions and rent arrears issues (mediation, follow-up of procedures, hearing support, budget guidance)
- Tracking people in referral addresses.
- Energy payment plans
- To provide support and information and instruction services.

Profile

🎓 Conditions of participation in the recruitment :

Hold a diploma in social work;

✨ Behavioural skills:

Vis-à-vis the public : sense of service, listening, ability to frame and confront, calm and assertiveness, ethics, ability to mediate ;
Towards colleagues : team spirit, sense of collaboration, solidarity ;
Vis-à-vis work : involvement, autonomy, initiative and solution-orientedness, rigor, assertiveness, sense of responsibility.

👌 Technical skills:

Knowledge (theoretical, regulatory, etc.): knowledge of legislation related to housing issues, the legislation of the CPAS and the institutional and associative network of the Brussels Region;
Good mastery of intervention methods and creativity of the solutions to be proposed (ability to conduct individual interviews, to mobilize the resources of users, to support them in their efforts and to propose solutions);
Writing skills (reports, minutes, media, etc.);
Proficiency in computer tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint,...).

👀 Assets :

Have proven experience in a CPAS within a housing service;
Have knowledge of Dutch and be in possession of the Selor language certificate, corresponding to your level of function.

Why apply?

Advantages :

A gross monthly salary based on a full-time minimum of 3065.56 euros ;
An end-of-year bonus;
A monthly bilingualism bonus (if the Selor certificate is adequate);
A second pension pillar;
Meal vouchers;
Various benefits via the collective social service (marriage bonus, birth grant, intervention in certain exceptional expenses, etc.);
A possible home-workplace transport intervention depending on your personal situation:
- Free public transport (STIB, de Lijn, SNCB, Tec);
- Access to free parking;
- A bicycle bonus; 🚲
- A pedestrian bonus;
A pleasant working environment, respectful of the work-life balance and in full evolution :
- A collegial dynamic, advocating professionalism and efficiency in a spirit of innovation, creativity, transparency and respect for staff ;
- An advantageous number of days off (about 40 days in a full-time job);
- A leave credit upon taking up the post ;
- A mobile working time allowing an arrival between 6:30 and 10:00 and a departure between 15:00 and 20:00;
- Support for internal mobility (vertical and horizontal) as well as skills development through an individual and adapted training plan;
- The possibility of teleworking up to 2 days a week on a full-time basis (according to our work regulations);
A laptop for professional use. 💻

Conduct of interviews

👉 Interested?

Deadline for applications: 13/04/25.

Selection procedure:

For the position of social worker, successful candidates will be contacted around 16/04/25.
In order to allow you to organize yourself, we kindly ask you to note the following date for the oral interview: 21/04/2025 in the morning.

This schedule may be subject to change by the institution.

Do you have a disability, learning disability or illness, would you like to benefit from reasonable accommodations as part of the selection procedure? Mention this in your application. We will make sure to adapt the conditions as best as possible so that you can present yourself in the best circumstances.