Job Title: Housing Officer
Location: Tower Hamlets
Job Type: Full time/Contract
Pay Rate: £25

The role:

To assume responsibility for a portfolio of temporary accommodation and its occupants; to ensure providers/ contractors adhere to terms and conditions of the contract and that all accommodation meets Health and Safety standards and Council requirements

To ensure that licensees in temporary accommodation abide by the conditions of licence paying particular attention to rental payments, ensuring tenant-like conduct and occupation, taking enforcement action in accordance with procedures and referring complex cases to other specialist Teams as directed.

To ensure occupants of temporary accommodation receive appropriate advice on their housing options and support in their efforts to obtain permanent accommodation, referring vulnerable applicants for appropriate support so they can successfully sustain their accommodation.

The Candidate:

An understanding of the duties owed to customers threatened with homelessness/actual homelessness under relevant legislation.

An awareness of the services available to customers seeking help and accommodation provided by other organisations, both statutory and voluntary, including those beyond housing such as health & well-being, employment & education.

Knowledge of relevant Landlord and Tenant Legislation, Family and Immigration law, welfare and housing benefits; knowledge of the Children Act and Community Care Act, and associated case law as they relate to the Council's duties to homeless households

For more information please call Sam on (phone number removed) or email