Housing Casework Officer - Rough Sleeper Specialist

At Nottingham City Council, we are dedicated to providing housing solutions and support to our citizens. Housing Solutions plays a pivotal role in preventing homelessness and ensuring that all citizens in housing need or crisis receive the assistance they require. We are currently looking for a motivated and empathetic Housing Casework Officers to become valuable members of our statutory homelessness team. If you are passionate about helping citizens in housing need and are dedicated to ensuring universal access to stable housing, we encourage you to apply. Be a part of our mission to make a positive impact on the city by preventing homelessness and providing vital support to citizens in their housing needs. Your unwavering commitment and expertise can significantly contribute to the success of this important mission. Responsible for housing advice casework, you will take action to ensure that the City Council fulfils its legal and safeguarding requirements to Citizens in housing need or crisis; in particular those who are rough sleeping. This will include evaluating; citizen need assessment, housing advice, homelessness prevention and deciding homelessness duties in accordance the Housing Act 1996 VII ( as amended).

· Good operational working knowledge of Homelessness and associated legislation and an ability to advise on and decide any duties owed to citizens for the Authority · An understanding of the wider issues impacting upon homelessness, the barriers facing people with multiple and complex needs and the challenges faced in resolving rough sleeping · An ability to communicate complex issues on a face to face basis, demonstrating tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and customer care · An ability to effectively manage a complex workload under pressure meeting specified targets and deadlines whilst demonstrating attention to detail, prioritisation and self-organisation skills · A commitment to providing a high quality customer focussed service · An ability to work successfully in partnership across different sectors, building and maintaining good working relationships A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Salary: Starting Salary is £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time) - pay award pending Location: Housing Solutions, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more… Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

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