Homelessness Prevention Officer

Shropshire Council; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Council in Shrewsbury is seeking a Homelessness Prevention Officer to lead the council’s drive to prevent homelessness. You will work with clients threatened with homelessness, families and landlords to find solutions that keep people in their homes or secure suitable alternatives.

The role requires knowledge of homelessness legislation and strong decision-making to assess applications and work with partner agencies.

Qualifications

• Experience providing housing advice.
• Ability to engage with landlords, parents, and other agencies to prevent homelessness.
• Knowledge of homelessness legislation and ability to make decisions on applicants’ homelessness applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide housing advice and solutions to clients threatened with homelessness.
• Engage with landlords, families and partner agencies to prevent homelessness and secure suitable accommodation.
• Make decisions on homelessness applications in line with legislation and council policy.

Job description

This exciting position will be at the forefront of the Council's efforts to prevent homelessness in Shropshire. The Council are looking to transform our service to be proactive, assisting those threatened with homelessness to protect them in their existing homes or find alternative accommodation before becoming homeless. In this way the Council hope to avoid the crisis of losing a home and end the use of B&B as emergency accommodation. We are therefore looking for staff who have the skills and experience to prevent homelessness. The post holder will join a team dealing with those threatened with homelessness, providing advice and solutions to prevent people losing their home.

We are looking for someone committed to delivering good services to assist those threatened with homelessness. Candidates should have experience of providing housing advice and the skills necessary to successfully engage with landlords, parents, and other agencies in order to prevent homelessness. The person must have a knowledge of homelessness legislation as they will be required to make decisions on applicants’ homelessness applications.

Attached documents

• Homelessness Prevention Officer Job Description.pdf
• Homelessness Prevention Officer - Person Specification.pdf
• Homelessness Prevention Officer Advert.pdf