Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Private Rented Sector Discharge Officer behalf of Luton Borough Council. Main purpose of position: The Private Rented Sector Discharge Officer will liaise with Landlords and Agents to secure properties and undertake assessments on clients to ensure a private rented tenancy is suitable for them. The officer is required to assess the suitability of the property and provide tenancy related advice and support working together with the household to help them maintain an existing tenancy or support the household to move on from temporary accommodation into their own permanent home. The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring the choice-based lettings bidding of accepted homeless households to ensure compliance within the councils allocations policy and intervene as necessary. You will be responsible to: ·To visit/work with households in Temporary Accommodation (TA) to provide them with advice and guidance on the full range of housing options available to them and manage their expectations, taking into account their needs, their priority on the Housing Register and ability to sustain other options, including private rented accommodation. ·Undertake detailed suitability assessments giving consideration for example to the physical condition of the accommodation, location, affordability, overcrowding, and risk of violence from any person to enable to discharge the council homel...