Details:
- Salary: £35 - Hour
- Job Type: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Braintree Essex
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
VNA Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Housing Options Officer for our client based in Braintree. The main duties are:
* To provide a comprehensive front-line service to customers seeking advice and assistance with regards to their housing needs, irrespective of tenure, either in person or by telephone
* To participate in the Housing Options duty rota and respond to emergencies as required
* To take action to prevent and relieve homelessness, including visits to applicants' parents, negotiation with landlords and mortgage companies, referral to other agencies and use of the homeless prevention fund
* To provide customers with expert, professional, comprehensive advice and information on all aspects of housing options work specific to their assessed needs: including undertaking basic financial and benefits assessments
* To produce Personalised Housing Plans following assessment of needs; to monitor customers' actions and to perform the authority's actions
If you feel you are suited to this role, then please apply today