To undertake homeless assessment casework and associated functions to enable the Council to meet its statutory responsibilities
To work as part of a duty team to ensure that all homeless people and potentially homeless people have had their circumstances fully assessed.
To explain to service users the process of making a homeless application, the reasons why detailed enquiries will be undertaken and possible outcomes and implications of such an assessment.
We are looking for a candidate with experience of conducting statutory reviews under Homelessness legislation as a temporary cover for a permanent position that is hard to fill.
One of London's most prominent housing associations is recruiting for a Homeless Support Worker for their Homelessness focussed Services in East London on a temp to perm basis
We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often-interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives.
We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change.
For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past.
Working with households who are homeless, or threatened with homelessness, to offer them advice and assistance to resolve their housing situation.
You will also establish eligibility for the council's various homelessness prevention schemes.
You will complete an assessment to determine what statutory duties the council may owe to the household, develop a personal housing plan, and issue decisions around duties owed.
To advise on all matters relating to landlord and tenant disputes and to negotiate with landlords to prevent homelessness and provide practical assistance to help customers remain in their accommodation or move to alternative accommodation thereby preventing homelessness.
To conduct housing advice interviews with local private sector residents focussing on preventing homelessness and giving good quality advice on the potential avenues to resolve problems and on housing choices available so that customers can make informed decisions about their options.
To provide good quality advice, information and assistance through face to face interviews, home visits, by telephone and LBTH JD and PS Template May 2021 by correspondence within a casework based customer care framework, ensuring all deadlines are met and appropriate referrals are made to other agencies to properly progress the case.
To work as part of a team providing the a Shelter as an accommodation, assessment and support service for people experiencing rough sleeping.
Providing comprehensive assessments around support needs and identifying opportunities for appropriate move-on options and successfully achieving those move-ons to a targeted timescale.
To hold responsibility for applying expertise of relevant legislation and to use your initiative to achieve good outcomes for people who use the service.
Reading Adult Social Care and the Rough Sleeping Interventions Team are looking for a social worker to support our residents who have experience of rough sleeping, rough sleeping lifestyles and homelessness.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic group of services who are committed to the government's Rough Sleeping Strategy to end rough sleeping by 2027.
You will be based in the Advice and Wellbeing Hub who manage all the new referrals in Adult Social Care.