Working with households who are homeless, or threatened with homelessness, to offer them advice and assistance to resolve their housing situation.
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.
You will also establish eligibility for the council's various homelessness prevention schemes.
Advising on a wide spectrum of housing options to help prevent or relieve (find alternative accommodation) homelessness or improve customers' housing circumstances by making sound judgements on the most suitable and sustainable option available.
The Talent Crowd are recruiting for a Housing Options Advisor to join a Team in Wakefield.
To work as part of an office based service wide homeless duty team and carry out assessments for homeless, potentially homeless households or people in housing need identifying barriers and support needs gathering relevant information and obtaining permission to enable homeless decisions to be made .
Working with households who are homeless, or threatened with homelessness, to offer them advice and assistance to resolve their housing situation.
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.
You will also establish eligibility for the council's various homelessness prevention schemes.
To work with the Housing Options Team Leaders in order to fulfil the Council's statutory obligation to the homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the homelessness Act 2002) and Localism Act 2011.
We have an exciting opportunity for a People Advisor on a 12 month FTC to play a vital role in fostering a positive and productive work environment by providing guidance and support to colleagues across various aspects of their employment journey.
You will serve as a trusted resource for both colleagues and management, offering advice on matters related to HR policies, performance management, colleague relations, and professional development.
Your goal is to ensure that colleagues feel valued, supported, and equipped to thrive within the organisation.
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 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 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.