Housing Advice and Options Manager

North Northamptonshire

£251.74 day rate

Full Time

Purpose of the job

Purpose of the job To be responsible for overall development, co-ordination, delivery and performance of a highly effective homelessness prevention, assessment and advice service for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, with the ultimate goal of reducing homelessness and minimising the use of temporary accommodation.

To develop, support and promote and inclusive, multi agency problem-solving approach to tackling, preventing and reducing homelessness to increase efficiency, deliver better outcomes for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and improve value for money.

To provide people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness with advice on their housing options, taking into account their needs and aspirations, their eligibility for assistance under the homelessness legislation, their priority on the housing register and their ability to sustain a tenancy in the private sector.

To contribute positively to the development of new working practices and initiatives, and the improvement of existing practices, that help to increase upstream prevention and prevent homelessness at the earliest stage, provide settled housing solutions and minimise the use and cost of temporary accommodation.

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Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency