Property Pool Plus Advisor Full Time Temporary

Property Pool Plus Advisor needed in Wirral paying £11.82 per hr PAYE Ref: 419355

This is working full time hours on a temporary basis

 Responsibilities:

Assess new and amended applications to Property Pool Plus against the Allocations Scheme and validate, activate and re-band applications on the register to the correct band according to the Allocations Policy.

Make all the necessary checks in accordance with the Allocation Policy in relation to support needs assessment, eligibility, exclusion and reduced preference.

Investigate and make recommendations for applicants to be made nonqualifying or placed in a reduced preference band.

Assess the suitability of housing conditions and determine applicants’ need for rehousing including carrying out home visits and liaising with staff from other departments, landlords and external agencies about these needs where appropriate.

Attend meetings with other professionals e.g Social Workers in order to discuss individual cases to meet housing need.

Identify applicants potentially requiring accommodation with disabled adaptations e.g. level access showers, to ensure appropriate priority is afforded in the short listing process for property vacancies which are already adapted.

Identify discrepancies, anomalies and cases which fall outside the policy, and report these to the Manager to inform future development of the policy.

Provide advice and assistance to applicants, and advise staff from other departments, partner housing association and agencies about applications and options for housing

Liaise with members of the Housing Options team regarding the housing market and housing options for individual applicants

Identify vulnerable applicants such as older people, younger people and people with disabilities who may have difficulty accessing the Property Pool Plus system, and provide targeted support and assistance to enable suitable housing. This will include identifying applicants not bidding for property and taking positive steps to identify vulnerable applicants and supporting them to bid.

Assist the Operations Officer in ensuring adverts placed by partner landlords meet the required quality standards and are placed in accordance with the allocations policy and weekly letting cycle. Liaise with staff from partner landlords to ensure that these standards are maintained, and that best use is made of the Abritas system in accordance with the allocations policy.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

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