Accommodation Assessment

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom iWork Recruitment Limited Full time

Contract to start on 08-05-24 until 07-05-25 with a possible extension.

**Main Purpose of the job**:
We are looking to recruit an officer responsible for the allocation of emergency temporary accommodation, setting up rent accounts and discharging interim and full housing duty.

A good understanding of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is required along with experience with delivering a front-line service to vulnerable clients.

They will serve as a point of contact for clients placed in emergency accommodation ensuring that appropriate offers of accommodation are made and all queries are responded to in a timely manner.

To arrange emergency, temporary accommodation placements and make appropriate referrals into supported accommodation, ensuring all placements and referrals are carried out in a timely manner, making the best use of all available housing stock at all times.

To make offers of properties in line with Housing legislation and make robust decisions to discharge duty where necessary that will withstand legal scrutiny.

Arrange emergency accommodation on behalf of other Client services, including Children’s Social Services and Adult Social Care as and when required

Co-ordinate available properties in the private rented sector and in conjunction with Housing Caseworkers, identify highest priority households to be put forward for Direct Lets to prevent and relieve homelessness.

To ensure high quality offers, suitability and discharge of duty decisions are made in a timely manner relating to offers of properties (temporary accommodation & private rented properties)

To work proactively to find an appropriate housing solution to bring the Client’s ‘relief’/ full housing duty to an end

Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines so that accommodation is allocated based on need and all offers of accommodation are suitable

Proactively contribute to the client’s action plan to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation by monitoring and maximising move on opportunities from temporary accommodation and supported housing.

Ensure accurate records are maintained of those in all types of emergency, temporary and supported housing, maintaining statistical information for local and central government statistical returns.

**Summary of Responsibilities and Personal Duties**

To respond to correspondence and complaints within corporate targets

To ensure continuous improvement of both local and departmental systems and to keep up to date with both changes within the department and legislation

To lead and participate in projects within the service and report back including written reports and presentations

To train all new and existing staff and partner landlord staff on systems and housing services

To support the Accommodation Assessment & Lettings Team Leader and Managers across the service in the delivery of the service.

To co-ordinate the allocation of available private rented properties, ensure suitable applicants are identified in a timely manner to best meet housing need and bring homelessness duties to an end.

To identify when accommodation duties have ended and oversee discharge of duty, this includes drafting robust decision letters

Ensuring referrals are made to other agencies as part of the discharge process as necessary e.g. MASH.

To manage and maintain accurate records of budget and spend

To monitor, report and prepare regular timely statistical information

RQ1257022-04-24

Pay: £21.92 per hour

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RQ1257022-04-24

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