Housing Options Officer – Somerset

£16.00 per hour

Contract – Full Time

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide advice, information and assistance to applicants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
• Help applicants to explore their housing options and find suitable accommodation that meets their needs.
• To work with a range of partners and agencies to prevent and reduce homelessness in the community.
• The role may include working and supporting specialist areas such as – Refugees, P2i (young people), Domestic Violence etc.
• Role may require visiting applicants in their own homes, across a designated area, to provide advice.
• Occasional evening and weekend working.
  
  Occasional on-call duty, working outside of normal working hours, to respond to emergencies
• An enhanced DBS check is a requirement of the role
• To be the first point of contact for customers with homelessness or housing register enquiries.
• Provide advice, information and assistance all applicants with a housing issue and triage applicants that may be homeless or at risk of homelessness.
• To ensure the efficient functioning of the housing register and Homelessness service through a range of administrative, financial and organisational tasks.
• Current driving licence and access to own vehicle, to visit clients in their own homes.
• Hybrid working

To find out more information please contact Jake at jakem@4recruitmentservices.com

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.

We are an equal opportunity agency.