Location
25 Bournemouth Road, Peckham, London, SE15 4UJ

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£57,495 per annum

About the Role
Could your professional expertise help prevent homelessness, strengthen recovery, and change the future for residents facing some of life’s most complex challenges? At Southwark Council, we believe housing and mental health cannot be considered separately. A safe and secure home is fundamental to wellbeing, recovery and independence.

We are seeking an experienced professional to join us as a Mental Health and Housing Coordination Officer, a unique role at the heart of the partnership between housing, Adult Social Care, NHS mental health services and the voluntary sector.

This role offers the opportunity to use your social work expertise and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) experience to create meaningful change. You will help shape how services respond to residents with complex mental health needs, ensuring people receive coordinated support that prevents crisis, protects tenancies and achieves sustainable housing outcomes.

Working across one of London’s most diverse and dynamic boroughs, you will influence practice, strengthen partnerships and help deliver better outcomes for residents. Your decisions will have a direct impact—helping people maintain their homes, avoid crisis, and move towards greater independence.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead coordinated responses across housing, Adult Social Care, NHS mental health services and voluntary sector partners to support residents with complex needs.
- Work with residents experiencing mental health challenges where housing stability, safeguarding and risk management require a joined-up approach.
- Support key points in a resident’s journey, including hospital discharge, crisis intervention, tenancy breakdown and homelessness prevention.
- Apply your social work expertise to ensure housing decisions are person-centred, trauma-informed, legally robust and focused on recovery and independence.
- Undertake statutory responsibilities associated with your AMHP status, including Mental Health Act assessments and related decision-making.
- Use professional judgement when balancing risk, safeguarding, capacity and individual rights.
- Develop practical housing solutions that enable residents to access and sustain safe accommodation.
- Identify risks early and intervene proactively to prevent homelessness.
- Work creatively with partners to overcome barriers, secure appropriate housing options and reduce reliance on temporary accommodation.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to colleagues on mental health, safeguarding, statutory responsibilities and effective practice.
- Contribute to improving pathways between housing, health and social care services.

This role offers genuine professional autonomy. You will not simply manage cases—you will influence systems, strengthen partnerships and help shape how services work together for residents.

Experience
- Supporting people with complex mental health needs, safeguarding concerns, risk and housing-related challenges.
- Making sound professional decisions in complex and high-pressure situations.
- Understanding homelessness prevention, tenancy sustainment, and housing pathways.
- Identifying risks early and taking effective action to prevent housing instability.
- Developing practical, outcome-focused plans that help people secure and maintain accommodation.
- Strong partnership-working skills with the ability to influence others and bring services together around shared goals.
- A creative, solution-focused approach and determination to find positive outcomes in challenging circumstances.

About you
You understand that housing is more than a service—it is a foundation for recovery, independence, and wellbeing. You combine professional expertise with compassion, resilience, and a commitment to making a lasting difference.

Qualifications
- Qualified Social Worker with current professional registration.
- Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) status.