£24.58 Per Hour
Full Time
Contract
Havering, Greater London
Social Care
Posted 8 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
Pay rate £24.58 per hour
Contract role, Housing
Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Housing Solutions Triage Office in Havering.
- Working and up to date knowledge of Part V1 and V11 of the Housing Act 1996, Homelessness Act 2002, HRA 2017, case law and Code of Guidance
- To provide a high quality first point of contact and triage service (face-to-face, on the telephone and by e-mail) for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and have dependent children or are pregnant or vulnerable.
- To respond to, and assess, all of the referrals that the Council receives under the ‘Duty to Refer’ arrangements, making initial enquiries and triaging as appropriate.
- To carry out a rapid initial assessment of each customer’s needs and circumstances and establish whether or not they are eligible for assistance under the homelessness legislation. Making s184 decisions e.g. not homeless decisions, Ineligible decisions
- To prevent or delay homelessness through targeted early interventions (including advocacy, negotiation and mediation) and by providing customers with comprehensive advice and information about their housing rights and the housing options available to them.
- Ensure that an accurate, detailed record is kept of all interviews, telephone calls and follow-up action taken (and that files are maintained to a high standard) in order to assist monitoring, decision-making and effective case management.
- Create a new case on the Jigsaw system every time that a rapid initial assessment is completed and ensure that the notes section of Jigsaw is continually updated until the case is reassigned to another Officer within the Homelessness Reduction Service.
- Ensure that all data entry and case recording is accurate and complete, and that it is undertaken within agreed timescales, in order to assist performance monitoring, the analysis of trends and the completion of internal and external returns, including the government’s quarterly HCLIC return.
You will need experience of working in a similar role.
Please get in touch for more information.
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
We recruit across all areas of Housing, Public Sector and Local Government work. If you are experienced in this sector, and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles.
Graham Leatham
Graham.Leatham@pprsocialcare.co.uk
0203 897 1477
Division v49
Pertemps Professional Recruitment London
19 Great Winchester Street
London
Greater London
EC2N 2JA
0203 897 1477
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