Housing Assessment Officer

6 days ago

Barnsley, United Kingdom Berneslai Homes Full time

**Working Arrangements**: Full Time

**Hours of Work**: 37 hours a week

**Status of Employment**:Permanent

This post closes at 11.59 pm on the date specified.

Berneslai Homes is a successful, award winning social housing provider and employer, managing homes on behalf of Barnsley Council. You’ll be joining us at a really exciting time as we’re on an ambitious transformation journey to make sure we have the right resources and people to fulfil our vision: _Creating great homes and communities with the people of Barnsley._

Our ‘3 Cs’ values are at the heart of all we do here - we promise to always put the **Customer first**, have a **Can-do** attitude to make change happen, and stay **Curious **to make sure we get things right. Working for us offers you a chance to embrace our values and play a real part in improving homes and communities throughout Barnsley.

**The Housing Assessment Officer role**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a **Housing Assessment Officer** to join our Assessments team

**Key duties and responsibilities of our Housing Assessment Officer**:

- Have operational responsibility for the assessment and special assessment process for applicants to the Housing Register.
- Investigate and establish an applicant’s circumstances to enable an accurate first line priority decision to be made.
- Ensure the effective administration and maintenance of the housing register by completing reviews within the published timescales or where other circumstances dictate.
- Provide advice and guidance to applicants around their priority on the waiting list and other housing options which may be available to them, including the rationale for the decision.
- Adopt and operate a proactive approach to preventing homelessness in conjunction with the council’s Housing Options, Advice and Homelessness Prevention Team.
- Mitigate risk, ensure safeguarding and provide excellent service by making timely, full, and accurate referrals to internal teams or partner services where appropriate.
- Ensure that appeals are dealt with in line with the published appeals procedure.

**What we’re looking for in our Housing Assessment Officer**:

- Level 4 / HNC qualification or relevant experience in a similar decision-making role.
- An awareness of current housing issues, including of housing law, policies, and practice.
- Ability to travel as necessary to meet the needs of the post.
- Ability to prepare and present information concisely and clearly and adapt communication for a range of audiences.

**What you might be asking is, why work for us?**

We are proud to be an IIP Gold Accredited Organisation and we put our people first By joining Berneslai Homes, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

- Agile Working Packages
- Excellent Pension Scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Health & Wellbeing Checks
- Fantastic Training and Development Opportunities

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**Key Dates
**Further Information
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Liam Davies, Lettings Manager on 01226 787600.

CVs will not be accepted.

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