Housing Options Officer

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom Fox Morris Group Full time

**Fox Morris Group** are currently working to recruit a **Housing Options Officer. **This is a **full-time **role, on a **3-6 month+ contract.**

**Rate**:£19.00+ (negotiable dependant on experience)

**Hours**:35 per week
- Knowledge of the duties owed to the homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996,
- Knowledge of Landlord and Tenant Legislation, the Housing Act 1985 and 1988, the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and knowledge of Family law and welfare benefits**,**:

- The ability to deliver homelessness prevention and housing option solutions with these being tailored to diverse communities,
- The ability to write robust s184 decision letters that challenges at review stage.

**Role responsibilities**
- To provide good quality advice, information and assistance through face-to-face interviews, home visits, co-location, by telephone and by correspondence within a customer care framework,
- To conduct housing options interviews with customers,
- To negotiate and mediate with landlords, parents and other accommodation providers,
- To give basic money advice, budgeting advice and debt advice to customers using an assessment tool.

If you feel you’d be a good fit for this role but are unsure about the rate, hours or have any questions please still feel free to send us your CV.

We’re regularly looking for people across the UK for similar roles and would love to chat with you about your employment situation.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 3-6 months

**Salary**: £19.00-£22.00 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- conducting housing options interviews: 1 year (required)
- Part VII of the Housing Act 1996: 1 year (required)
- S184 Decision: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person



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