Environmental Health Officer

London Borough of Hounslow; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Greater London is seeking a proactive Housing Strategy Officer to join their team. This role focuses on preventing homelessness and providing a modern service to vulnerable individuals. The ideal candidate possesses extensive knowledge of housing legislation and experience working with diverse client groups. They will work collaboratively to ensure timely access to preventative services and facilitate discharges from health settings, making significant contributions to the Borough's housing initiatives.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience with multi-disciplinary working involving complex client groups.
• Understanding of complex legislative frameworks including homelessness.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with vulnerable people.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a modern and flexible service to vulnerable individuals.
• Proactively prevent homelessness and resolve crises.
• Conduct detailed holistic assessments of housing and care needs.

Skills

Knowledge of Housing Act 1996

Experience with vulnerable people

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Homelessness, Independence and Preventative Service which adopts a preventative approach across the housing, health and social care agendas. You will be a frontline professional delivering a first class, modern and flexible service to some of the most vulnerable people in the Borough. About The Team You'll Be Working In This is an exciting and busy role that is at the centre of the Councils response to homelessness. The service is developing and progressing our agenda to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and achieve more upstream prevention outcomes. 1. If you want to work in the public sector and be part of a progressive team, this is a unique opportunity for you as we are interested in what you can bring to help us improve and develop our services for our customers. 2. You will contribute to the effective delivery of the integrated preventative service across housing, health and social care, providing a proactive, accessible, efficient and effective front‑line service; promote access to preventative services, working proactively to ensure services are accessed in a timely way. 3. You work proactively to prevent and resolve crisis and prevent the loss of accommodation while preventing the escalation of health care needs. 4. You work collaboratively to facilitate discharges from health care settings, enable access to lower level preventative services and prevent repeat and avoidable admissions to acute health care services. 5. You adopt a casework‑based approach to complete detailed holistic assessments of housing, health and social care needs, providing practical interventions and support. 6. Maintain an ongoing knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and the Council's statutory duties in relation to housing, health and care needs, ensuring advice given is accurate at all times and provide tailored solutions to meet identified needs., OverviewWe are looking for a proactive Housing Strategy Officer to join our newly restructured Housing Development Team. Our primary goal is to help increase physical housing stock (primarily affordable housing) within Buckinghamshire to meet the needs of our..., Job Title: Environmental Health Officer (EHRB/Chartered status) Job Grade: Level 4 Zone 1 -

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1. You have experience of multi-disciplinary working involving complex and diverse client groups and an understanding of complex legislative frameworks including homelessness, social care, mental health, immigration and welfare benefits. 2. You are a great communicator to engage effectively with a broad range of people to influence, negotiate and persuade and you quickly build trusting relationships with complex individuals to develop a comprehensive understanding of issues faced by vulnerable people. 3. You act with integrity, take personal responsibility and handle stress effectively while maintaining high levels of motivation and enthusiasm to achieve successful corporate preventative outcomes, using proactive and creative solutions. 4. You work independently, proactively and flexibly, being an expert problem solver demonstrating excellent analytical skills, to seek out and implement bespoke solutions to complex issues and make decisions confidently. 5. You are a high performing individual who works collaboratively with others, adapting to meet a range of changing needs while achieving targets and service objectives and make the team the very best it can be. 6. You are confident to visit residents in their homes and other health care settings, and work from different locations in the Borough alongside other professionals. You are able to have challenging conversations with other professionals while maintaining a customer focus to achieve successful outcomes across housing, health and social care. Essential for the Role Basic DBS check is required for the role. - Are you passionate about customer services? - Are you an experienced homelessness professional? - Are you looking to working in a forward thinking and progressive housing department?
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