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Accommodation Assessment & Lettings Officer
Job Posted: 19 hours ago
Salary: £ 19 - 20.5 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Lewisham, London
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Responsibilities:
To arrange emergency, temporary accommodation placements and make appropriate referrals into supported accommodation, ensuring all placements and referrals are carried out in a timely manner, making the best use of all available housing stock at all times.
To make offers of properties in line with Housing legislation and make robust decisions to discharge duty where necessary that will withstand legal scrutiny.
Arrange emergency accommodation on behalf of other services, including Children's Social Services and Adult Social Care as and when required
Co-ordinate available properties in the private rented sector and in conjunction with Housing Caseworkers, identify highest priority households to be put forward for Direct Lets to prevent and relieve homelessness.
To ensure high quality offers, suitability and discharge of duty decisions are made in a timely manner relating to offers of properties (temporary accommodation & private rented properties)
To work proactively to find an appropriate housing solution to bring the 'relief'/ full housing duty to an end
Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines so that accommodation is allocated based on need and all offers of accommodation are suitable
Proactively contribute to the action plan to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation by monitoring and maximising move on opportunities from temporary accommodation and supported housing.
Ensure accurate records are maintained of those in all types of emergency, temporary and supported housing, maintaining statistical information for local and central government statistical returns
Required
Must have current Basic DBS.
Must have working knowledge of Part 7, S193, S188 and Discharge of Duty.
Willingness to undertake home visits which are effective and take into account health and safety requirements.
Flexible and proactive, with a commercially-minded approach to developing services and sustaining relationships with landlords.
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