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Ray Associates
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Wallasey, Merseyside
Homelessness Prevention Officer
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Job Description
For Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council we are currently looking for an experienced Homlessness Prevention Officer to start asap. The role is to: * Deliver professional Housing Options and Homeless service. * Provide advice, support and guidance to ensure that all clients receive timely interventions and assessments to support them into permanent and settled affordable accommodation. * Identify problems causing potential homelessness and provide tailored solutions, advice and assistance to facilitate and secure alternative settled accommodation and prevent homeless. * Work proactively with relevant council departments, Floating Support Providers/Partners, Health/Hospital Trust, Private Landlords Family Support Unit, Probation and Registered Providers. * Keep up to date with all current housing and benefit's legislation to ensure compliance. * Ensure that Families and individuals are placed appropriately in temporary accommodation that fully meet their needs, ensuring that move on plans are in place and that clients do not exceed legal deadlines. Please apply if you have: * Experience of homelessness and housing advice work. * Good working knowledge of the 1996 Housing Act, Homelessness Act 2002 and Children's Act 1989. * Experience in working with vulnerable client groups (safeguarding). * Recent enhanced DBS. Responsibilities: For Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council we are currently looking for an experienced Homlessness Prevention Officer to start asap. The role is to: Deliver professional Housing Options and Homeless service. Provide advice, support and guidance to ensure that all clients receive timely interventions and assessments to support them into permanent and settled affordable accommodation. Identify problems causing potential homelessness and provide tailored solutions, advice and assistance to facilitate and secure alternative settled accommodation and prevent homeless. Work proactively with relevant council departments, Floating Support Providers/Partners, Health/Hospital Trust, Private Landlords Family Support Unit, Probation and Registered Providers. Keep up to date with all current housing and benefit's legislation to ensure compliance. Ensure that Families and individuals are placed appropriately in temporary accommodation that fully meet their needs, ensuring that move on plans are in place and that clients do not exceed legal deadlines. Please apply if you have: Experience of homelessness and housing advice work. Good working knowledge of the 1996 Housing Act, Homelessness Act 2002 and Children's Act 1989. Experience in working with vulnerable client groups (safeguarding). Recent enhanced DBS.