Homelessness Prevention Officer

3 weeks ago

Oldbury, United Kingdom HancoxRead Recruitment Full time

**Job Description: Homelessness Prevention Officer**

**Location: Oldbury**

**Pay Rate: £14.17 per hour**

**Contract Length: rolling and full time hours**
- To prevent homelessness through a range of prevention initiatives and through working with key partners
- To provide advice and assistance around a range of housing options, considering all sectors and developing personalised advice
- To build rapport with customers to investigate and understand the cause of homelessness
- To undertake an assessment of the client’s needs and where necessary undertake joint assessments with colleagues and partners including Children’s Services, Adults, Mental Health as appropriate to ensure that a complete holistic and comprehensive assessmentof need is undertaken, in accordance with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
- To develop, update and review Personalised Housing Plans for customers, based on the real issues to be addressed for the household.
- To ensure that the service meets its statutory duties around homelessness
- To contribute to the Council’s reduction of temporary accommodation use by ensuring that all other housing options are considered and rooflessness prevented where possible.
- To effectively manage a caseload of clients and ensure enquiries / investigations are completed in timescale and correctly recorded and to ensure that all decisions are issued in line with the Homelessness Reduction Act 8. To deal with enquiries, complaintsand correspondence from clients and their advocates including solicitors, councillors, MPs, the ombudsman and other housing providers.
- To provide a telephone out of hours emergency homelessness service as part of a duty rota with other officers including weekend and bank holidays.
- To contribute to the development of the service through the identification of potential service improvements. Attendance at case conferences, review meetings and other inter agency meetings as required
- To participate in the operation of the Council’s Appraisal Scheme.
- It is your responsibility to carry out your duties in line with the Council's policy on equality and be sensitive and caring to the needs of the disadvantaged, promoting a positive approach to a harmonious working environment. You should act as an exemplaron these issues and should identify and monitor training for yourself and any employees for whom you are responsible, in line with this policy and also the Equalities Act 2010.
- Such other duties as may be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the post to assist the Thematic Area in the fulfilment of its objectives commensurate with the post holder's salary grade, abilities and aptitudes.
- The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the Council's policy, organisation and arrangements for Health and Safety at Work.

Contact

Please send your CV to the Team at HancoxRead Recruitment today

  • Retail Loss Prevention Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Momentum Security Recruitment Full time

    **Retail Loss Prevention Officer (In-house)** **Hourly rate: Up to £23,300 depending on experience plus bonus, pension, discounts.** **Hours: 37.5 to 42 hours per week. Days only. Earliest start is generally 10am / latest finish 8pm.** **Location**:Oldbury Green Retail Park We are seeking customer & security focused Retail Loss Prevention Officers to...

  • Retail Loss Prevention Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Momentum Security Recruitment Full time

    **Retail Loss Prevention Officer (In-house)** **Hourly rate: Up to £23,300 depending on experience plus bonus, pension, discounts.** **Hours: 37.5 to 42 hours per week. Days only. Earliest start is generally 10am / latest finish 8pm.** **Location: Oldbury, West Bromwich B69 3DD** We are seeking customer & security focused Retail Loss Prevention Officers...

  • Security Officer

    2 months ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom BM Stores Full time

    **We are currently recruiting for a Retail Security Officer to join our store team in Oldbury.** **This is a full time, permanent position and gives great flexibility to work shifts in the daytime, evenings and at weekends.** **As Retail Security Officer, you will work alongside our Store Management Team to meet loss prevention objectives and ensure the...

  • Resident Liaison Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing Planned WorksBased in BirminghamFull time, permanent position£27-28k + package - UK DRIVING LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLEWe are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Resident Liaison Officer to join their team delivering Planned Works in Social Housing covering projects...

  • Resident Liaison Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing Planned Works Based in Birmingham Full time, permanent position £27-28k + package - UK DRIVING LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLE We are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Resident Liaison Officer to join their team delivering Planned Works in Social Housing covering projects...

  • Resident Liaison Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing Planned WorksBased in BirminghamFull time, permanent position£27-28k + package - UK DRIVING LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLEWe are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Resident Liaison Officer to join their team delivering Planned Works in Social Housing covering projects...

  • Resident Liaison Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Recruitment Full time

    Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing Planned WorksBased in BirminghamFull time, permanent position£27-28k + package - UK DRIVING LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLE We are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Resident Liaison Officer to join their team delivering Planned Works in Social Housing covering projects...

  • Senior Resident Liaison Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Senior Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing / Planned MaintenanceBirminghamFull-time, Permanent positionUp to 30k plus packageWe are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Senior Resident Liaison Officer to join their team in Birmingham, delivering Social Housing Planned Works.It will be your responsibility to develop...

  • Senior Resident Liaison Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Senior Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing / Planned Maintenance Birmingham Full-time, Permanent position Up to 30k plus package We are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Senior Resident Liaison Officer to join their team in Birmingham, delivering Social Housing Planned Works. It will be your responsibility to...

  • Income Recovery Officer

    7 days ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Major Recruitment Oldbury Full time

    Major Recruitment Oldbury is delighted to be recruiting for an Income Recovery Officer for a well-known established public sector organisation. You will undertake the effective collection of current and former tenant arrears as well as the recovery of other related debts due to the organisation. To monitor arrears cases in accordance with the relevant...

  • Senior Resident Liaison Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Solutions Limited Full time

    Senior Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing / Planned MaintenanceBirminghamFull-time, Permanent positionUp to 30k plus packageWe are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Senior Resident Liaison Officer to join their team in Birmingham, delivering Social Housing Planned Works.It will be your responsibility to develop...

  • Senior Resident Liaison Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Recruitment Full time

    Senior Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing / Planned MaintenanceBirminghamFull-time, Permanent positionUp to 30k plus package We are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Senior Resident Liaison Officer to join their team in Birmingham, delivering Social Housing Planned Works. It will be your responsibility to...

  • Senior Resident Liaison Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Howells Recruitment Full time

    Senior Resident Liaison Officer - Social Housing / Planned MaintenanceBirminghamFull-time, Permanent positionUp to 30k plus package We are working with a leading main contractor to find a successful and proactive Senior Resident Liaison Officer to join their team in Birmingham, delivering Social Housing Planned Works. It will be your responsibility to...

  • Income Recovery Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, Sandwell, United Kingdom Major Recruitment Oldbury Full time

    Major Recruitment Oldbury is delighted to be recruiting for an Income Recovery Officer for a well-known established public sector organisation. You will undertake the effective collection of current and former tenant arrears as well as the recovery of other related debts due to the organisation. To monitor arrears cases in accordance with the relevant...

  • Qualified Education

    3 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT Ensure the development of clinical skills of staff within a given specified Development Zone of responsibility; ensuring key development performance indicators are met. Be responsible for a case load of staff for a given Development Zone, identifying training needs and assessment in liaison with locality managers. Provide clinical and...

  • Resident Liaison Officer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom Axis Europe Full time

    **Role**: Delivering the Difference - The Key to R&M’s success is the continuous improvement of our services in response to resident’s feedback; ensuring residents are fully involved in decision making processes affecting their homes. Axis RLO’s are customer focussed and provide a one-stop contact point, empowering residents to feel respected and...

  • Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Oldbury, Sandwell, United Kingdom Extra Recruitment Full time £32,000 - £40,000

    Job Description Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer Extra Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer in the Oldbury area. All candidates must have a background within the line of work and be able to work both shifts. Key duties revolve around installation of mechanical and electrical components on machines and...

  • Qualified Education

    1 month ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Job summary West Midlands Ambulance Service positively welcomes diversity and aims to be a truly inclusive place to work. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference. The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people from BME backgrounds and welcomes applicants from these...

  • Qualified Education

    4 weeks ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Job summary West Midlands Ambulance Service positively welcomes diversity and aims to be a truly inclusive place to work. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference. The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people from BME backgrounds and welcomes applicants from these...

  • Development Education

    1 month ago

    Oldbury, United Kingdom West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    Job summary West Midlands Ambulance Service positively welcomes diversity and aims to be a truly inclusive place to work. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference. The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people from BME backgrounds and welcomes applicants from these...