Homelessness Prevention Adviser

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for a Homelessness Prevention Adviser on a 3 month contract with a possibility of an extension.

This position will be a total of 36 hours per week, with hours from 09:00am – 17:00pm.

Job Purpose:

To provide tailored advice to customers approaching the Housing Options and Advice Service on a range of options and opportunities including housing, training & employment, wellbeing, welfare benefits and debt.

To provide specialist advice and casework service to a range of residents including, homeless households, households who are threatened with homeless, households in insecure accommodation young people and families within families.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• To provide tailored advice on housing options, training & employment, wellbeing & welfare benefits/money management to customers threatened with homelessness or who are living in private rent accommodation or other settled non-social housing.
• To respond effectively to, prevent homelessness through advice, negotiation, mediation or conciliation, or by securing immediate access to alternative accommodation and generally promoting a housing options approach to service delivery to a full range of customers.
• To be responsible for managing a caseload, maintaining accurate, detailed casework records, identifying priorities and meeting individual and service performance targets.
• To maintain and develop extensive and specialist knowledge of housing options, homelessness law and practice and related fields including housing benefit and welfare rights.
• To assist households with a Part VI self-assessment application and to help those customers or who need support to bid for permanent Council or Housing Association properties, referring them where appropriate to the Transitional Registration Team or the Permanent Allocations Team.
• To prepare information materials and consultation or response documents to support case work and policy work, including the preparation for presentation of court documents, tribunal submissions and other detailed legal case work and to represent customers as appropriate.

Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience:

• Good knowledge of homelessness prevention and the public and private sector options available to people in housing need.
• Good knowledge the issues affecting homeless or households threatened with homelessness and the range of policy initiatives to address these.
• Good knowledge of housing options, opportunities, training & employment, wellbeing, welfare benefits and debt.
• Ability to maintain detailed case records, recognise service priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability and commitment to respond effectively to emergencies to achieve positive solutions.
• Experience of working in a service within a pressurised and high profile environment providing a quality service.
• Experience of working in an advice setting.

To get more information about this role and how to apply please contact Jordan 07950899682

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