Housing Advice & Homelessess Officer

Badenoch & Clark ,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Contract Type: Contract
Salary: £22.5 per hour

Overview

My client, a Local Authority is seeking to recruit a Housing Advice & Homelessness Officer for an initial three month assignment. Your main duties will involve; To provide housing advice to the public at the Council's offices, on the telephone, during home visits and at outreach surgeries on housing rights and options, homeless prevention, welfare rights, landlord and tenant law, mortgage arrears. Taking and undertaking full investigations into homelessness applications and making recommendations to the Housing Advice and Homelessness team leader in accordance with Part VII, Housing Act 1996. To advise clients on their housing options, including private rent, low cost home ownership, the housing register and choice based lettings). Managing a caseload of homeless households while in temporary accommodation including registering and maintaining Housing Register applications, checking priority and advising and assisting households with regard to village choices and chances of rehousing. Referring vulnerable cases for support where additional support needs are identified. Applicants will have a thorough understanding of the complexities relating to assessing homeless applications and making section 184 decisions. You will thrive in providing a first class customer services to all clients whilst managing a busy caseload. For further information please submit your CV in the strictest of confidence. Badenoch Clark acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Badenoch Clark UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Badenoch Clark. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser: https://en-gb/candidate-privacy

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