Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer

Full Job Description

Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer

• £24 hourly rate

Wirral MBC are currently looking to recruit a Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer to deliver a professional Housing Options and Homeless service providing advice, support and guidance to ensure that all clients receive timely interventions and assessments to support them into permanent and settled affordable accommodation.

This role will also include working with clients that are suffering Domestic Violence, working with clients who have serious mental health conditions, drug and alcohol addiction and who are unpredictable and aggressive.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Provide advice and assistance to clients with complex needs and signpost to the relevant services and support.
• Keep up to date with all current housing and benefit’s legislation to ensure compliance.
• Ensure that Families and individuals are placed appropriately in temporary accommodation that fully meet their needs, ensuring that move on plans are in place and that clients do not exceed legal deadlines.
• I dentify problems causing potential homelessness and provide tailored solutions, advice and assistance to facilitate and secure alternative settled accommodation and prevent homeless.
• Work proactively with relevant Council departments, Floating Support Providers/Partners, Health/Hospital Trust, Private Landlords Family Support Unit, Probation and Registered Providers to ensure that effective support is identified and implemented to prevent homelessness, ensure timely assessments and support clients into settled accommodation.
• Work with complex and chaotic clients who require assistance to secure safe and affordable accommodation and to work with support agencies to ensure that they maintain their tenancies.
• Work with clients to offer advice, assistance and support with mortgage related issues arranging and negotiating repayment plans with financial providers (Bank’s/Building Societies).

Why work with We do social work?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Your own dedicated friendly consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK

Refer a friend

“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*

“Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us*

We do social work is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes*

For more information please contact Libby at (url removed) or call (phone number removed)