You do not need housing work experience to work in the social housing sector
You do not need an accredited housing certificate/course to secure a housing job
You do not need to complete any voluntary work or work placements
You do not need specific or a minimum level of qualifications
You cannot apply for a permanent housing job by submitting a CV - you must complete a comprehensive & effective supporting statement covering each competency area with a relevant and specific example

To secure a permanent housing job ranging from £18-27K++, you need to demonstrate a range of transferrable skills in the following competency areas:

• Good Practical Common Sense
• Strong Oral & Written Communication
• Customer Service Skills & Experience of Working with the Public/Vulnerable People
• IT Skills & Proficiency
• Administration Skills
• Team Working Skills
• The Ability to Solve Problems
• "Knowledge" of Housing Issues

The above skills are core requirements for any type of professional employment including social housing sector jobs.

Gravitas Training (GT) regularly sends details of good quality housing jobs (every month via email) which require no experience of working in housing, but rather the core competencies & skills as set out above.

The above areas form key transferrable skills which you should already have, or be able to be taught in the case of technical housing management "knowledge", in order to secure housing jobs with real and viable salaries of between £18-27K.