Local Authority Housing Advice Officer, Buckinghamshire

Pertemps; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Local Authority Housing Advice Officer in Buckinghamshire. In this contract role, you will provide statutory housing advice, focus on preventing homelessness, and deliver high-quality support tailored for vulnerable individuals. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar Local Authority post and strong skills in housing needs assessments. If you're looking to advance your career, reach out to explore this exciting opportunity! This role offers a competitive pay rate of up to £25.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Local Authority role is required.
• Ability to interpret and analyse information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide a statutory homelessness and housing advice service.
• Deliver high-quality service tailored for vulnerable groups.
• Prevent homelessness through comprehensive casework resolution.
• Assess customers' eligibility for financial and housing support.

Skills

Statutory homelessness advice

Housing needs assessments

Customer-focused service delivery

Casework resolution

Job description

Local Authority Housing Advice Officer, Buckinghamshire

Pay rate to £25.50 per hour

Contract role, Local Government Housing

Aylesbury or High Wycombe locations

We are recruiting for an experienced Housing Advice Officer in the Buckinghamshire area

Responsibilities include:

• To provide a statutory homelessness and housing advice service in relation to preventing homelessness and statutory homelessness assessments. Also, to assist senior officers and managers. (This involves fulfilling statutory duties under the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) including actions to prevent homelessness, the preparation and publication of personalised Homelessness Prevention Plans).
• To deliver a comprehensive, customer focussed and high-quality service in relation to housing options and homelessness prevention tailored for a diverse client group including vulnerable and disadvantaged persons and households
• To prevent homelessness through the thorough resolution of casework by undertaking comprehensive housing needs assessments and identifying and undertaking the appropriate actions
• Plan and organise work to efficiently deliver specialised advice and support to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring wellbeing of vulnerable customers.
• Assess and determine eligibility of customers for financial and / or housing support, within legislation, regulations and policies.
• Make detailed inquiries to relevant agencies in order to verify and obtain required information. Interpret and analyse information to aid own decision making.

This is a contract role, and you will need to have experience in a similar Local Authority role.

Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:

• Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children’s Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities

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