Homelessness Prevention Advisor

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom London Borough of Camden Full time

**Starting salary: £33,789**
**Job Level**: Level 3, Zone 1
**Work Location**: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
**Hours per week**: 36
**Contract type**: 1 Fixed Term/Secondment for 2 years.
**Closing date: Wednesday 15th March 2023 at 23:59**
**Interviews to be held: TBC**
**Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion**

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**_Anonymised Application_**_ - in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias._

**About us**

In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that everyone can access opportunities, and nobody gets left behind. **Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.**

**The role**

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Homelessness Prevention Adviser to join the Supporting Communities Directorate to work with prison leavers on the AfEO (Accommodation for Ex-Offenders) scheme. The role will involve triaging and assessing homelessness cases who present to Camden, who are leaving or recent left prison, case working those who are ready for independent living. The role will be providing the highest standard of housing advice and assistance with appropriate housing options in accordance with the homelessness accommodation strategy, placement policy and homeless legislation.

You will ensure through casework with clients and along with key stakeholders, including probation, Single Homeless Project (SHP) and London Borough of Islington local authority that tenancies set up via the AfEO programme are sustainable. You will be making complex legal decisions therefore need to have good investigative skills to extract required information.

You will prevent homelessness at an early stage to help clients avoid rough sleeping, needing temporary accommodation and prevent re-offending. You will need to meet the challenging targets set out in the AfEO scheme to successful re-house clients into the private rented sector (PRS). You will have excellent negotiation, customer care and IT skills and have an adaptable and resilient personality that thrives under pressure and are able to go the extra mile to achieve outstanding results.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

**About you**

**Working for Camden**

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. **Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can **be.

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