Homelessness Relief And Prevention Officer (Hybrid)

Essential Employment; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency is seeking a Homelessness Relief And Prevention Officer in Newbury. This hybrid role involves preventing and relieving homelessness through effective housing advice and assessments. The ideal candidate has experience in housing legislation and can collaborate with various agencies. This is a temporary, full-time contract at £29.04 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience providing housing advice and assistance.
• Ability to conduct housing needs assessments.
• Familiarity with housing legislation and policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive housing advice to prevent homelessness.
• Conduct housing needs assessments to determine statutory duties.
• Issue notifications and decisions under housing legislation.
• Assess housing applications and make allocation decisions.
• Collaborate with agencies to resolve housing issues.

Job description

Homelessness Relief And Prevention Officer (Hybrid) needed in Newbury, £29.04ph PAYE - Reference: 5273707

3 month contract
hybrid working (2 days in office per week)

Responsibilities include:

1. Providing comprehensive housing advice and assistance to prevent and relieve homelessness for all households in housing need
2. Conducting housing needs assessments to determine statutory duties owed
3. Issuing relevant notifications and decisions under section 184 of the Housing Act as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act
4. Assessing housing applications and making decisions on nominations and allocations of social housing
5. Collaborating with outside agencies, RPs, and other departments to resolve housing issues

This is a full-time role on a temporary contract basis.

If interested, please apply via our website with your CV, or email your CV to [e-mail] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment acts as an Employment Business for this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Due to high volumes of CVs, we may not respond to all unsuccessful applications, but you will be contacted by phone if your CV progresses to the next stage.

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