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Housing Options Officer

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  • £25 - £32 per hour
  • Northamptonshire
  • Contract/Interim
  • Housing & Property Services, Housing Needs

Housing Options Officer

Northamptonshire

Temporary, 3-6 Months

£25-32 Umbrella

An experienced Housing Options candidate is required on a temporary basis, to join a team of Housing Needs professionals to carry out the function of triage and casework, making decisions on homeless cases to reduce backlogs and waiting times for applications to be assessed through triage.

Duties of the Housing Options Officer include:

  • To investigate, assess, assist and advise customers on their housing options
  • To work with clients to prevent homelessness
  • Assisting clients to keep their existing accommodation or to get alternative accommodation
  • Provide tenancy, rights to occupation, welfare and benefits advice to clients
  • Ensure that potential safeguarding issues involving both adults and children are identified and appropriate actions are taken

The ideal Housing Options Officer will have:

  • Experience with Section 184 decisions
  • In depth knowledge of Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996

If you are interested in the Housing Advice/Options Officer role, please apply now. For more information please contact Ebony in the Derby Office at Sellick Partnership

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.

Ebony Simpson Principal Consultant

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