Lead Housing Options Team – Homelessness Prevention Expert

Essential Employment; Braintree; Vor Ort; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Essential Employment is seeking a Housing Options Team Leader in Braintree for a full-time, temporary assignment. The role focuses on leading and developing a team delivering homelessness prevention and housing advice services.

You will oversee complex cases, ensure compliance with housing legislation, monitor performance and deliver timely, quality outcomes while supporting service improvements and partnership work.

Qualifikationen

• Lead, supervise and support Housing Options Officers, Triage Officers and other team members to deliver an effective homelessness prevention and housing advice service.
• Ensure statutory responsibilities under housing legislation including key Acts are met by the Client.
• Oversee complex, high-risk and sensitive homelessness cases, providing guidance on progression and decisions.
• Monitor the quality and consistency of homelessness assessments, investigations and statutory decisions.

Aufgaben

• Carry out regular quality assurance checks and case audits to ensure legal compliance and high service standards.
• Manage individual and team performance, setting objectives and monitoring workloads.
• Ensure homelessness prevention, relief and accommodation duties are delivered effectively and within statutory timescales.
• Support policy development and service improvements in the Housing Options team.
• Build partnerships with housing providers, support agencies and other statutory services.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Housing options

Policy development

Performance management

Stakeholder liaison

Jobbeschreibung

Essential Employment is seeking a Housing Options Team Leader in Braintree for a full-time, temporary assignment. The role focuses on leading and developing a team delivering homelessness prevention and housing advice services.

You will oversee complex cases, ensure compliance with housing legislation, monitor performance and deliver timely, quality outcomes while supporting service improvements and partnership work.