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Job Location drjobs

London - UK

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Tower Hamlets to assist with the appointment of a Homelessness Assessment Officer on a 3month contract highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: 20.94 27.30 per hour

Responsibilities:

  • Provide an integrated programme of support and advocacy to assist homeless households successfully sustain their tenancies.
  • Complete needs assessments taking into account views of service users and carers developing and implementing support plans and identifying resettlement needs.
  • Work to support these households to live independently safely and securely preventing rehomelessness exploring training and skill sharing opportunities
  • Work closely with other services including Health Social Care Probation and Third Sector agencies to help households maintain and/or reestablish local links and Community networks and to address behaviours that may put their tenancies at risk.
  • Foster and maintain connections with other relevant services contributing to a coordinated approach on case work and wider service provision and effective ways of working together.

Experience :

  • Demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable customers giving advice within a housing or similar service
  • Good standards of literacy and numeracy
  • Experience of working in a demanding environment with the general public
  • Experience of managing a caseload incorporating housingrelated support
  • Experience of working with databases

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though opening assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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