Housing Solutions Officer
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Wellington Civic Offices
- Salary
- 23023
- Closing date
- 27 Jun 2022
- Reference
- TWC000005786
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Housing
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Housing Solutions
Housing Solutions Officer
£22,627 - £24,491 per annum
Grade 5
37 hours per week
Do you want to make a difference? Do you want a job where no two days are the same? Do you like a job that challenges you ? If the answer is Yes then a Housing Solutions Officer could be the job you are looking for.
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and motivated people to join our team. Housing experience is not essential as we can train and support you on this, but passion, motivation, strong work ethic and dedication to help clients facing homelessness.
To utilise, interpret and be abreast of the Homeless Reduction Act 2017 in order to provide good quality and timely housing options and advice to prevent clients from becoming homeless. Enabling clients to remain in their homes or move in a planned manner to other accommodation preventing homelessness wherever possible. Investigating homeless situations and providing our statutory homeless duties through placing when necessary into temporary accommodation and identifying individual bespoke move on solutions. Preventing homelessness wherever possible. Investigating homeless situations and providing our statutory homeless duties through placing when necessary into temporary accommodation and identifying individual bespoke move on solutions.A level and preferably with a qualification in a housing related subject.
Please complete the online application form as CVs will not be accepted.
We are committed to equality and diversity.
Supporting documents
3559 Housing solutions officer.docx
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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