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What is Wentworth?
Wentworth Community Housing Limited is a not-for-profit housing company that provides affordable, rental housing and other housing assistance to eligible people who are on low to medium incomes.
Wentworth is a class 2 registered community housing provider with the NSW Registrar of Community Housing. Wentworth has also been awarded three year accreditation status against the National Community Housing Standards. This means that Wentworth is able to demonstrate high quality performance in service delivery, governance and financial management.
Award and Achievements
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The NSW Federation for Housing Associations holds the NSW Awards for Excellence in Community Housing every two years to recognise the achievements of the community housing sector and to encourage excellence. Wentworth received 2 awards at the 2010 awards:
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Excellence in Partnerships for our work with Project 40 Supportive Housing Service
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Highly Commended - Overall Excellence in Community Housing
A great achievement for Wentworth!!
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Stephanie Brennan, Wentworth's Manager of Community Services was recognised at the ZEST Awards, winning the award for Outstanding Community Leader. This is a wonderful recognition for Stephanie and the incredible contribution she has made to the Community Sector in Western Sydney.
Services and Products
Wentworth provides a range of services and products such as:
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Community housing – for people eligible for social housing
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Affordable Housing – for eligible people on moderate incomes
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Assistance with renting privately
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Information and referral – working with a range of non-government and government services in the local area to help people access the services and supports they need.
Board Profile
Wentworth is run by an elected Board of (volunteer) Directors who are skilled members of the local community.
See current Board profiles
Staff Profile
Day to day activities are managed by a Chief Executive Officer and a range of professional and dedicated housing and support staff.
See Current organisation chart
Employment opportunities within Wentworth are generally advertised in the local press and on this website.
Current Vacancies:
Wentworth is currently recruiting for Manager, Asset and Development Services. Please click here for more information
Property Profile
Wentworth now manages over 1700 properties (at March 2011) and is set to grow to more than 2000 properties by December 2011.
The main clusters of housing managed by Wentworth are in Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Blacktown Local Government Areas.
Housing is managed from the head office in Penrith and fully functioning offices in Windsor and Katoomba
Affiliations
Wentworth is a partner under Housing Pathways. For information about this change to accessing social housing visit our Applying for Housing page or click here
Wentworth is a member of the NSW Federation of Housing Associations and is also one of 5 member organisations of BlueCHP, a new special purpose affordable housing company.
Wentworth is the lead agency of Project 40 Supportive Housing Service, which targets chronically homeless and highly vulnerable person in the Blacktown, Penrith, Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury local government areas.
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HIGHLIGHTS & LINKS
Wentworth is:
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Run by a local Board
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Accredited against National Community Housing Standards
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Registered with the NSW Registrar of Community Housing
More information about:
For further information or assistance
please contact our Customer Service Team on 02 4777 8000 or email at admin@wentworth.org.au or visit us
Employment opportunities within Wentworth are generally advertised in the local press and on this website.
Current Vacancies:
Wentworth is currently recruiting for Manager, Asset and Development Services . Please click here for more information.
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