Housing Solutions Officer

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD Full time

3 months contract with a Local Authority

Job Purpose

  • To reduce homelessness by employing a range of behaviours aimed at building trusting and productive relationships with customers that enable officers to persuade influence and support them to make positive choices and fully engage with realistic housing options to prevent and relieve homelessness.
  • To provide an effective professional service which includes offering customers in housing need a full range of advice and interventions related to their housing options in the private and public sector with the aim of ensuring a comprehensive service to prevent homelessness.

Key Duties/Accountabilities

  • To work with customers to develop update and review Personalised Housing Plans for customers on behalf of the council in light of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
  • Working with customers to implement these plans to ensure that homelessness is prevented or relieved through active interventions and pursuit of effective housing options
  • To play an integral role in the reduction of expenditure on temporary accommodation by ensuring decisions are made taking into account the direct as well as wider cost implications for the Council.

Essential Experience Required

  • Experience of all homelessness legislation as covered by the 1996 Housing Act Part VII and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 housing advice law (security of tenure disrepair rent arrears) the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 housing allocations as covered by the Housing Act 1996 part VI and other housing legislation welfare benefit expertise and adult and children social care and health knowledge is essential.

Essential Qualification Required

  • General Education Qualification is essential.

Additional information to note

  • Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  • The role requires a basic DBS.

The role closes soon please apply ASAP.



To reduce homelessness by employing a range of behaviours aimed at building trusting and productive relationships with customers that enable officers to persuade, influence and support them to make positive choices and fully engage with realistic housing options to prevent and relieve homelessness.

Education

To reduce homelessness by employing a range of behaviours aimed at building trusting and productive relationships with customers that enable officers to persuade, influence and support them to make positive choices and fully engage with realistic housing options to prevent and relieve homelessness.

Key Skills
Section 8,Public Health,Data Collection,Ellucian,Banking,Fair Housing Regulations,LIHTC,Budgeting,Economic Development,Real Estate Law,Logistics,Statistical Analysis
Employment Type : Full Time
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 27 - 27

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