Home Adaptations Officer

Colchester City Council; United States; Remote; USD 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester City Council seeks a Home Adaptations Officer to support vulnerable residents by delivering a technical surveying and advisory service to enable dwelling adaptations, improvements and repairs through grant or loan aid. The role sits within the Healthy Homes team, expanding programmes to improve housing conditions and assist residents.

You will collaborate with Home Adaptations Officers, Caseworkers, Coordinators and a Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries,

Qualifications

• Experience in property inspections and technical surveying.
• Knowledge of grant and loan processes for housing adaptations.
• Ability to prepare detailed specifications and technical drawings.
• Experience coordinating with contractors and obtaining quotes.

Responsibilities

• Manage workload within Healthy Homes team and coordinate with Caseworkers and Senior Occupational Therapist.
• Process grant and loan enquiries from receipt to completion.
• Prepare specifications and drawings for adaptation works.
• Monitor works and ensure compliance with permissions.

Skills

Technical surveying

Contract management

Liaising with contractors

Attention to detail

Job description

The Council are seeking a Home Adaptations Officer to support vulnerable residents to remain safe and independent in their home by providing an effective technical surveying and advice service to enable adaptation, improvement and repair work to dwellings with grant or loan aid.

Duties of the role

We are expanding our Healthy Homes team in order to deliver a range of financial assistance schemes to improve housing conditions. We have a large Disabled Facilities Grants programme and offer other discretionary forms of financial assistance to residents.

We are looking for an individual that can manage a busy workload and work with the other members of the team including the Home Adaptations Officers, Caseworkers, Coordinator and Senior Occupational Therapist to process grant and loan enquiries through from receipt, property inspection, preparing detailed specifications, detailed technical drawings, liaising with contractors to obtain quotes, submitting appropriate applications for permissions and monitoring works through to completion.