Housing Officer - Homelessness

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Job description

Job Title: Housing Officer - Homelessness
Location: Hybrid Working
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary Assignment
Hours of Work: 36.00 hours per week

Overview of an Housing Officer - Homelessness
Pertemps have an exciting opportunity within Harrow Council for a self-driven and motivated Housing Officer - Homelessness, to join an expanding team.
The role of an Housing Officer - Homelessness has a competitive pay rate of £17.10 per hour. Other benefits include excellent training and support for career development and 21 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).

The Main Purpose of an Housing Officer - Homelessness
" To operate and maintain databases and other records to ensure that information on systems and client records is comprehensive and up to date.
" To maintain a caseload of households living in emergency, temporary and leased accommodation so that general and complex queries are dealt with professionally and following Contracts and corporate timescales.
" To provide a full management service to tenancies in leased accommodation, including rent collection.
" To participate in the allocation process of all types of accommodation so that void payments and rent loss are kept to a minimum.
" To deliver the highest standard of customer care at all times.
" To verify Housing Benefit documents to ensure they comply with statutory requirements to enable rents payment to be made.
" To negotiate and communicate with property owners, agents and other providers so that suitable accommodation is secured to meet targets.
" To inspect hotels, hostels and other accommodation to assess the quality and suitability under current legislation and local standards.

About you, the successful candidate will have:
" Ability to implement anti-discriminatory practices and procedures
" Awareness of barriers likely to affect homeless clients
" Experience of dealing with people in stressful situations
" Experience in inputting and retrieving data from a computer system
" Understanding the needs of homeless persons
" A good understanding of the key issues facing local authorities, particularly in Housing Services

Please note that the candidate needs to hold a driving license and have access to a vehicle.

About us
" For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership has been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be an accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in the length of service and career progression of our employees.
" Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

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