Housing Property Spcialist

Housing Advisor
Lambeth
Contract
£23.51 per hour PAYE or £30.67 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35
Our client is looking for an experienced Housing Advisor.
2-3 days in the office
To prevent homelessness in accordance with the provisions of the Homelessness Reduction Act, associated Code of Guidance, case law and best practice.
To undertake a housing needs assessments for people seeking housing assistance and create housing plans tailored to the individual’s needs and circumstances.
To manage a complex and demanding case load in a busy and often challenging environment and prevent or relieve homelessness through the provision of advice, advocacy, negotiation and mediation.
To ensure that all housing options have been thoroughly explored to ensure best efforts to prevent homelessness.
To undertake the assessment and investigation of homeless applications under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 where prevention/relief is not possible and inform clients of their assessment outcome. Key Areas of Responsibility To provide a front of house service for customers seeking housing advice and assistance, ensuring that both priority and non-priority customers are directed to the appropriate part of the service.
Provide an advice and mediation service for households who live with families of friends and have been asked to leave, conducting home visits if required in order to help them to remain in their current accommodation and to avoid them having to move into temporary accommodation To deliver a customer-facing service via drop in and appointments and work occasional evening meetings where required to accommodate the demand and flow of customers.
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To assess clients under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 and recommend outcome for approval by the Homeless Assessment Manager To maintain and develop an excellent knowledge of housing options, homelessness law and practice and related fields including housing benefit and welfare rights Generic Responsibilities Be a champion for excellent customer service delivery and customer care and contribute to the development and delivery of an integrated service.
Be self-serving with respect to administration, case record keeping and other related duties and utilise IT systems to update and record information required according to guidance and established procedures. Participate in appraisals, one to ones, objective settings, personal development plans and working group meetings and take a full and active role in service development, including service reviews. To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with the Data Protection Act, the Health & Safety at Work Act and other relevant legislation, as well as Council policies, procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.
To carry out the duties of this post with due regard to the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy and to actively promote and uphold the Council’s FRESH values.
Take responsibility, appropriate to the post, for ensuring compliance with council policies and procedures aimed at promoting and safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable children and adults. Take responsibility, appropriate to the post for promoting diversity including tackling racism and good race, ethnic & community relations. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade, that may be required. These may be varied from time to time to meet the needs of the service.
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The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer