Housing Options Officer

Location: Cambridgeshire

Housing Options Officer

Remote Working with occasional travel to head office

Temporary, 3-6 Months

£30-32 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 .

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

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