Housing Options Officer - Cambridge City
Contract – ongoing
Pay – £20.98 per hour PAYE or £26.15 per hour Umbrella
Position – Full time
Duties and responsibilties
* To provide specialist and comprehensive housing advice and options to members of the public and delivering the Council's statutory homelessness functions, focused on preventing and relieving homelessness while managing expectations.
* The post holder will assess customers' needs and housing options, agreeing these in the form of a 'personal housing plan'. For customers threatened with homelessness this will mean working to prevent homelessness or identify alternative housing options.
* The post holder will respond to immediate homelessness situations and arrange placement in emergency accommodation. Where a homeless application is triggered, the post holder will make key decisions about whether the Council's statutory duties have been discharged and issue formal decision notifications.
* Work with colleagues and other professionals to offer enhanced housing options which address the problems that are the root cause of the homelessness with a view to securing and sustaining accommodation.
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Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency.
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