Housing Support Officer

JOB TITLE: Housing Support Officer

JOB TYPE: Temporary

PRIMARY INDUSTRY: Public Sector

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES: Social Care

PRECISE LOCATION: Widnes

DISPLAY LOCATION: Widnes

SALARY: 30,000

START DATE: ASAP

DURATION: 3 months rolling

JOB DETAILS:

Working on behalf of a local authority, JO recruitment has an urgent requirement for an experienced Housing Support Officers. These are temporary roles initially for 6 months with possibility for extensions. This is a full time position, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday paying 15.43 per hour PAYE; which is equivalent to approximately 30K salary or 20.28 per hour through an umbrella. To start ASAP.

• To provide specialist advice to members of the public, with the primary aim of preventing homelessness. Investigate and make determinations on homelessness / threatened with homelessness cases, in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002), the Code of Guidance and Council policy and practice.
• Carry out formal investigations under the Housing Act 1996, to ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory duties, to determine applications, to ensure that clients are kept informed at all stages, and to issue written notifications of all decisions made.
• Contribute to the future development of prevention, assessment and rehousing services to promote housing options available
• Provide an efficient and effective front line assessment and prevention service. Keeping the service safe by accurately assessing housing need and homelessness in line with the housing legislation within front line triage, duty assessments, telephone assessments, interviews, home visits and outreach surgeries, and at all times ensuring that the Local Authority complies with statutory duty.

Please let me know if you are interested in this position and earliest possible start date and forward updated CV for immediate consideration.