Temporary Accommodation Coordinator

As a Temporary Accommodation Coordinator, you will deliver a proactive approach to a wide customer base, including working together with a range of partner agencies. You will lead a team providing support services to enable our customers to move on to independent housing as well as managing Tamworth's temporary accommodation service. Key areas of responsibility include -

• Line management of the supporting housing team, developing innovative approaches to extend the service to all Temporary Accommodation (TA)
• Day to day management of all Council TA with regard to empty property management and move on of people temporarily placed
• Review and implementation of improvements to council TA
• Management of supported housing to develop innovative approaches to housing first, tenancy sustainment and homeless prevention including working with partnership colleagues to develop and manage externally commissioned partners
You will be able to analyse data, solve problems and apply creative solutions, new concepts and untried ideas, whilst applying a proactive, problem-solving approach to complex clients and cases. You will be committed to partnership working and also have excellent communication and customer service skills. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme 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 Disability Confident.