Housing Options Officer Immediately Required
Duration: 2 Months + Possibility for extension
Location: Nottingham
Rate: £37.38 per hour via an Umbrella company
An opening has arisen for an immediately available Housing Options Officer for a Local Authority in Nottinghamshire.
The successful candidate have experience in a similar position and be responsible for:
- Consider and assess homeless applications in accordance with the Housing Act 1996 Part 7 as amended by the Homeless Reduction Act 2017
- Investigate, assess, assist and advise customers on their housing options, providing the Council’s statutory obligations in relation to housing advice and homeless services
- Ensure that the Council complies with its statutory duties in providing homeless prevention advice, ensuring that the Council acts in accordance with the legislation and its timescales
- Actively work with clients to prevent their homelessness. By assisting them to retain their existing accommodation or secure alternative housing when all other housing options or solutions are exhausted
- Reach determinations and recommendations on homelessness cases, in accordance with the legislation and relevant case law
- Negotiate with landlords, parents and other agencies, both statutory and non-statutory to find the best solutions to clients housing needs
- Advise clients on their housing options with regard to private rented, house shares, supported accommodation or access to the Council’s waiting list
- Provide tenancy, rights of occupation, welfare and benefits advice to clients to ensure that they have the best possible opportunities to retain their current accommodation or sustain their new accommodation
- Provide customers with robust action planning to ensure customers have the best chance to improve their housing options. Including the wider support planning, linking with education, employment, health and other support providers and agencies
- Ensure that potential safeguarding issues involving both adults and children are identified and the appropriate corporate actions are taken
- Attend multi agency meetings where appropriate to represent the Council in discussing clients and their circumstances
The successful candidate will have:
- An Enhanced DBS
- Have full UK driving license and able to access various sites across the District
To discuss this role in more detail and to secure this opportunity, please contact Kim Parsons (Executive Consultant) on 0121 616 0660 or alternatively email kparsons@venngroup.com
At Venn Group we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the volume of applications which we receive this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
*Venn Group’s “Recommendation Scheme”: If you recommend a candidate who is subsequently placed by Venn Group (for a minimum of 2 weeks) you will be eligible for £25 worth of vouchers from a choice of high street organisations