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Homelessness Officer - Social Care & Learning

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Posted By: Triumph Consultants
Address:
- 49 Queen Victoria Street
- London
- EC4N 4SA
Contact:
Date Posted: 2nd Dec 2008
Salary: £19.25 ph Umbrella/Ltd Co (est/tbc and monthly paid) or £16.00 ph PAYE (weekly paid, plus paid hols)
Location: Romford (RM1)
Reference Code: Havering 263263
Views Since Posting: 65
Full Description:

TCL/LJ 263263: Our client seeks a Homelessness Officer for an assignment within its Social Care & Learning division.

We are acting for a E London based local authority

The post will be located in Romford, RM1 and will be for 36 hpw, Mon-Fri, normal business hours.

This is anticipated to be, initially at least, a 2 to 3 month assignment.

Please note that under a special arrangement we have with a leading umbrella company, temps who elect to get paid under this route will receive, in addition to a higher hourly rate of pay, the following benefits which are not available under PAYE:

• tax benefits and allowances e.g. lunch and commuting costs
• free health cover
• free life cover
• free critical illness cover
• £20 in high street spending vouchers

Essence of role:

You will be engaged to advise homeless applicants on their housing options, and make timely and accurate assessments of homeless applications in line with the Housing Act 1996, as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002, any subsequent legislation, and local polices and procedures.

Candidate requirements (*indicates must be CLEARLY EVIDENT FROM YOUR CV, not just your covering letter, to avoid auto-rejection by client) include:

*Knowledge and working experience of the Housing Act 1996, & Homelessness Act 2002

*Previous experience of producing assessments

*Effective interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written

*Customer Service orientated

UK local authority or other public sector experience advantageous, but not a prerequisite

Any housing services related experience a bonus and could usefully be stated on your CV

Next Steps:

If you would like to be considered for the position please apply via this website, quoting the vacancy reference number.

Please do not apply for this position unless you meet the candidate requirements noted above.

We can only consider employing you through a limited company structure if adequate insurance arrangements are in place and if we can be satisfied that you are not in breach of managed service company legislation and regulations. Our standard settlement terms with contractors are monthly.

Whilst all CVs received will be examined in detail it is, we regret, no longer possible for us to reply automatically to all applicants, simply because of the volumes of vacancies and candidates now involved.

Please do not telephone us for progress reports on your application, but do feel free to email us in this respect. All emails will be replied to.

Triumph Consultants Limited: Please note that whilst this site is and will remain, one of our primary advertising outlets, we also advertise a selection of higher paid vacancies on our own website, where you can subscribe to an RSS feed, delivering details straight to your web browser.