Housing Assessment Officer

2 weeks ago


Barnsley, United Kingdom Berneslai Homes Full time

**Berneslai Homes** has an exciting opportunity for a **Housing Assessment Officer **to join their team based at Gateway Plaza in Barnsley with the ability to work agilely**.** You will be working on a**fulltime, permanent basis** and in return, you will receive a **competitive salary of**£27,344 to £30,151**per annum plus benefits.**

**About the company**:
Berneslai Homes are a successful, award winning social housing provider and employer, managing homes on behalf of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Working for us offers you a chance to play a real part in improving homes and communities throughoutBarnsley.

**The Housing Assessment Officer role**:
You’ll be joining us at a really exciting time as we’re on an ambitious transformation journey and we’ve developed a number of new positions to make sure we have the right resources and people to fulfil our vision: _Creating great homes and communities with the people of Barnsley._

**Key duties and responsibilities of our Housing Assessment Officer**:

- Have operational responsibility for the assessment and special assessment process for applicants to the Housing Register
- Investigate and establish an applicant’s circumstances to enable an accurate first line priority decision to be made
- Ensure the effective administration and maintenance of the housing register by completing reviews within the published timescales or where other circumstances dictate
- Provide advice and guidance to applicants around their priority on the waiting list and other housing options which may be available to them, including the rationale for the decision
- Adopt and operate a proactive approach to preventing homelessness in conjunction with the council’s Housing Options, Advice and Homelessness Prevention Team
- Mitigate risk, ensure safeguarding and provide excellent service by making timely, full and accurate referrals to internal teams or partner services where appropriate
- Ensure that appeals are dealt with in line with the published appeals procedure

**What we’re looking for in our Housing Assessment Officer**:

- Level 4 / HNC qualification**or** relevant experience in a similar decision making role
- An awareness of current housing issues, including of housing law, policies and practice
- Ability to travel as necessary to meet the needs of the post
- Ability to prepare and present information concisely and clearly and adapt communication for a range of audiences
- **What you might be asking is, why work for us?**

We are proud to be an IIP Gold Accredited Organisation and we put our people first By joining Berneslai Homes, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

- Flexible Working Packages
- Excellent Pension Scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Health & Wellbeing Checks
- Fantastic Training and Development Opportunities

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required to become our **Housing Assessment Officer**, please click **‘apply’**today. We would love to hear from you



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