Housing Options Officer Location - Derby Duration - 3-6 Months Hourly rate - Negotiable depending on experience Monday - Friday - 37.5 hours per week Hybrid working available Sellick Partnership Ltd are supporting a well-established Housing association with the recruitment of a Housing Options Officer to offer support to both their Housing register and homeless team on a contracted basis. Main duties of the Housing Options Officer will involve: Helping tenants to understand their rights according to government legislation; Providing correct information to tenants regarding re-housing, benefits or any other relevant tenancy issues; Assisting with legal matters surrounding non-payment of rent Developing policies to reduce tenant arrears; Keeping records, reports and other admin related to their duties. Work with households who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness. Responsible for interviewing, assessing and identifying preventions/relieving of cases by carrying a caseload of applicants Provide support to customers with making housing register applications. Assessing customer's housing register applications in line with the clients housing register policy. Experience required Experience working in a similar role Experience working within the public sector An enhanced DBS - Preferred (We can assist with this) If you feel you have the relevant experience or would like to discuss the role further, please apply of contact Josh Meek at Sellick Partnership Ltd Derby Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.