Housing Policy

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom London Borough of Hounslow Full time

Job profile for Head of Housing Solutions Independence and Rough Sleeping Head of Housing Solutions Independence and Rough Sleeping
22/05/2024 Head of Housing Solutions Independence and Rough Sleeping Apply online The job requirements are detailed below. Package Permanent, Full-Time, 36 Hours Per week. Job category/type Housing Date posted 23/04/2024 Job reference R0006447 Attachments attachment Role Profile - Head of Housing Solutions, Independence and Rough Sleeping (3).Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Homelessness, Independence and Preventative Services which adopts a preventative approach across the housing, health, and social care agendas. With new dynamic leadership at its helm, the Housing Directorate is pursuing a mandate to be the best local housing authority that delivers for its residents.

If you want to be a part of our new progressive leadership team, this is a unique opportunity for you as well as us, because we are interested in what you can bring to help us improve and develop our services for our customers. You will have relevant work-based experience, have a track record of putting service users at the heart of service delivery and want to continue to learn and develop your knowledge and skills.


This is an exciting and busy role that is at the centre of the Councils response to homelessness. The service is developing and progressing our agenda to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and achieve more upstream prevention outcomes.
You directly line manage Service Managers and through them a range of Assistant Service Managers and Advisers covering statutory and non-statutory homelessness and prevention services.

This is a key Head of Service position within the Housing Directorate, leading our Housing Solutions, Independence, and Rough Sleeping Services.

You will be responsible for a service that makes a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes.

You will work alongside other Heads of Services, reporting to the Assistant Director for Homelessness, Independence and Preventative Services (HIPS) to support and lead aspects of our huge improvement programme.
You have extensive knowledge and experience of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended) and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, working with vulnerable people, and experience of leading multi-disciplinary housing teams and work involving complex needs and diverse client groups and an expert knowledge of homelessness and associated legislation.
You are a dynamic leader driving continuous improvement to a first class, modern and flexible prevention focussed service to a wide range of residents.

You have extensive experience and consistent achievement at a senior management level in an organisation of comparable scope and complexity, working to continuously improve services for vulnerable people.

You are experienced in leading, motivating and managing services with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve consistently high standards and deliver strategic objectives, policies and value for money services through effective service planning.

Your excellent interpersonal skills will mean that you are able to be supportive and motivating as you lead and inspire, empowering your teams and colleagues whilst being clear and firm about performance and service delivery.

You are a critical thinker with innovative and creative problem solving skills that achieve the strategic objectives of the council, while managing and minimising risk across the service and effectively implement a preventative ethos in the areas of housing, health and social care.

You are self-motivated, highly organised and analytical with an attention to detail, able to review budgets, data and identify trends and make appropriate decisions.

You have demonstrable work experience and can evidence continual professional development.

You can travel independently around the Borough to meet other professionals in community settings.

Are you an experienced homelessness professional with an excellent grasp of housing legislation?

Are you looking to working in a forward thinking and progressive housing department?

Head of Housing Solutions Independence and Rough Sleeping Apply online #J-18808-Ljbffr


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