Head of Homelessness
20 hours ago
Lincoln Cornhill is proud to be working with a Local Authority in London, who are seeking to appoint a Head of Homelessness on a 6-month interim contract. The position is due to start in January 2025 and are paying £550 per day inside IR35.
The range of duties which are covered include:
- Manage teams providing advice, housing options and homelessness assessment to ensure casework is robust and legally compliant and in line with the Council strategies
- Ensure that services comply with the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017), Parts VI and VII and related case law, as well as other related legislation
- Build strategic relationships with stakeholders such as accommodation providers, the third sector, the NHS, and social care; and effectively influence to deliver improved services and outcomes for residents
- Provide strategic direction and leadership on all homelessness prevention, housing advice and housing options business matters
- Minimise the use of temporary accommodation through effective prevention and relief of homelessness
Experience and skills required:
- Must have experience of working within Homelessness, Temporary Accommodation and Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996
- A comprehensive understanding of the housing, safeguarding and support needs of homeless and housing applicants and tenants
- Experience of leading, motivating and managing services with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve improvements
- Experience of delivering a high-quality homelessness prevention and advice service
For further information on the vacancy or to enquire about other suitable posts please email rbirbeck@lincolncornhill.com
If this position is not for you, but you know of someone who may be suitable please pass on our contact details.
At Lincoln Cornhill Executive we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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