Private Rented Sector Casework Supervisor

The post holder is responsible for supporting the Private Rented Housing Manager in matters of housing advice casework, helping prevent homelessness and acting to ensure that the City Council fulfils its legal and safeguarding requirements to Citizens in housing need or crisis. This will include evaluating; citizen need assessment, housing advice, homelessness prevention and deciding homelessness duties in accordance the Housing Act 1996 VII ( as amended). To have oversight of Social Lettings and casework at all stages, providing technical advice and ensuring that all decisions are dealt with in accordance with legislation, Council policy, and statutory deadlines Individual Leadership Expectations.

Key priorities for the postholder will include;

• Comprehensive and up to date working knowledge of homelessness in both public and private sector and able to advise colleagues and provide technical advice and guidance to social lettings officers
• Ability to supervise and support staff on a day to day basis, providing technical advice
• Ability to effectively manage a complex workload under pressure meeting specified targets and deadlines whilst demonstrating attention to detail, prioritisation and self-organisation skills
• Experience of dealing with legal challenges from advocates and customer complaints
• Ability to be creative, to identify problems and work to create solutions
When applying, candidates should provide a written statement along with their CV outlining their key skills and experiences in the priorities outlined above. - 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 .

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