Housing Needs Officer

Looking to kick-start the New Year with your next interim Housing Options opportunity?

A North London local authority is seeking an experienced Housing Needs Officer to join their team for an initial 3 month period.

You will be responsible for delivering statutory homelessness functions, managing live caseloads, and supporting residents at risk of homelessness in line with current legislation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing a live caseload of homelessness applications from triage through to decision stage
• Carrying out assessments and investigations under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996, as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
• Making and issuing statutory decisions including s184s.
• Completing Personalised Housing Plans (PHPs) and carrying out prevention and relief work
• Attending the office a minimum of 2 days per week

What you'll need:

• Recent experience working as a Housing Options / Homelessness Officer within a UK local authority
• Experience using the system HOPE is desirable but not essential.
• Immediately available or available at short notice

If you are interested, please send your CV to (url removed), along with you're availability for a call to discuss this role in more detail. Interviews will be taking place from next week.