Early Intervention Housing Officer

5 days ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom Huntingdonshire District Council Full time

**This position is a 12-month fixed-term contract**

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.

Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.

Are you looking for a role which will really make a difference? Are you a strong communicator and experienced in dealing with people facing difficult circumstances who may be distressed? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the fantastic team here at HDC

**About the role**:
Our number one aim is to prevent homelessness wherever possible and within this role you will be looking at a range of early interventions that we may offer to customers to prevent a homeless crisis situation developing.

You will promote and deliver a broad range of early interventions in areas such as negotiating with family and friends, negotiating with landlords or agents, providing basic budgeting and debt advice, negotiating with lenders and other agencies. The list isn’t exhaustive and the role will require you to be use all your skills to get the best outcome for your clients.

**About you**:
You will use your initiative as well as your negotiation and persuasion skills to identify how best to get a positive result and prevent a homelessness situation developing. A knowledge, understanding and experiencing of working in a related housing role may be beneficial but is not essential as the role will focus heavily on your skill in building relationships with customers and other relevant partners and agencies, as well as problem solving and delivering positive outcomes. A positive and enthusiastic attitude, together with excellent communication and negotiation skills that inspire trust, respect and credibility will help you achieve your goals.

View the job description [PDF, 0.7MB].

At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our **icare** values (**Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising**) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.

**Apply**:
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**Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.**

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