Housing Options Officer Temp: Working From Home

2 months ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Adecco Full time

An exciting opportunity has emerged for a temporary Housing Options Officer to join one of Adecco Public Sector's Local Authority clients in a temporary contract, initially for 3-6 months (but highly likely to be extended).
Our client is based in Taunton in Somerset and this is a full time role for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working from home.
Due to the busy nature of the role, the client is keen for applicants to possess previous experience of:

- Interviewing clients and resolving all housing problems.
- Advising and preventing homelessness by offering the correct advice to clients approaching the Council as homeless.
- Assessing whether those who are threatened with homelessness qualify for private sector options under the Housing Act, Part VII, as amended.
- Having regard to the Homelessness Code of Guidance and the Council's Homelessness Prevention and resilience agenda.
- Sound knowledge of Housing and Homelessness Law and experience in resolving complex housing problems.
- Administrative skills to manage caseload and work effectively in a team of 6-8 officers
- Ability to deal with very demanding service users and partners, and have strong IT and admin skills.
- Updating PHP's (Personal Housing Plans)
Only applicants who feel they meet the above criteria and can start on short notice (2 weeks' maximum) need apply.



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