Job Overview
We are currently recruiting for an experienced technical officer within the Home Environment Assessment and Response (Heart) Team. This post is a permanent position. The Home Environment Assessment and Response Team plays a vital role in ensuring that residents across Warwickshire have access to grants and facilities to adapt their homes to support living in an accessible, healthy and safe environment. HEART is an innovative service that provides the opportunity for a rewarding career making a difference to the lives of Warwickshire residents.
Responsibilities
* Carry out detailed and complex inspections of residential dwellings to identify hazards and understand remedial works needed to remedy.
* Design and produce schemes of required improvements, repairs and adaptations that meet the needs of the individual client.
* Provide technical advice and assistance to other staff within the HEART team.
* Work with architects, occupational therapists, housing assessment officers and other professionals to provide detailed schedules of work.
* Develop trusting relationship with clients, ensuring the service is delivered to the highest standard, maintaining professionalism, adapting delivery to suit the client’s needs to ensure works are completed within set timeframes and to the required specifications.
* Work with contractors to deliver various types of adaptations, whilst ensuring the works meet the required specifications and the needs of the client.
Qualifications
* A BTEC HNC level 4 Building or equivalent qualification or willingness to work towards.
* Ability to produce and understand technical drawings.
* Certificate in Housing Health and Safety Rating or willingness to obtain one.
* Experience of providing a public service and understanding customer care issues.
* Experience of working within a housing inspection environment and having previously conducted housing surveys/inspections.
* Full clean driving licence.
Contact
For further information on the post, please contact Joan Gledhill, Senior Home Improvement Officer at joan.gledhill@nuneastonandbedworth.gov.uk.
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