Housing Adviser Full Time Temporary

Housing Adviser needed in Gosport  £13.21 ph PAYE – Reference: 453566

This role will involve:

• Based at the Town Hall, The post holder will be part of a team dealing with customers face to face and by telephone. They will be required to deal with housing enquiries and homeless applications as part of duty team, manage a caseload, and make assessments of housing need within appropriate timescales.
• They will be interviewing customers about their housing situation, and working with customers to find solutions to their housing issues. This may involve negotiation with landlords or family members, advising and helping customers to secure private housing, working with other agencies and professionals and exploring all possible housing solutions to help prevent homelessness and the need to move.
• Their work will involve making assessments to determine eligibility for assistance under the homelessness legislation, and assessing housing need and priority for the client’s waiting list. They will need to be able to clearly explain the statutory processes of homelessness and allocation of housing to customers and to other professionals.

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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