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Eden Brown are working with a well known Regional Charity as they are seeking a highly experienced Housing Advice and Homelessness Manager to work on a permanent contract in Liverpool
The role as Housing Advice and Homelessness Manager will involve:
- Managing a team of 10 support advice officers
- To foster an environment where meaningful connections are made with service users which maximise engagement and take up of services on offer.
- To maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant housing, welfare rights and benefits legislation and to act as a central resource providing expert advice and assistance which resolve or prevent homelessness or housing need
- To have a working understanding of asylum and immigration legislation.
- To work with key partners to negotiate and inspire successful solutions and outcomes for service users; where appropriate, constructively challenging assessment decisions or exclusions.
- To co-ordinate and support staff to develop and deliver effective needs and risk assessments, initial crisis intervention and support. This will include some direct provision.
- To support and coordinate staff to collaborate with service users to develop tailored support plans which maximise each individual's potential and ability to be self-determining.
- To work with other advice agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach which maximises the range of advice available to service users.
Interested candidates must have an encyclopedic knowledge of Housing Law, Benefits and Welfare Rights
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Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
