Temporary Accommodation Move On Officer - lambeth
Job Purpose
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As part of the Temporary Accommodation Move On team to work with households in temporary accommodation to move into settled accommodation. Understanding their move on needs, matching them to suitable (as legally defined) settled accommodation, supporting them to overcome any move on barriers, and completing their discharge from temporary accommodation.
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To work with the Lettings Negotiators in the team, to identify the properties needed and to match households to the properties they have sourced ensuring no properties are left unused.
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To set expectations about the most likely route into settled accommodation, and what actions the household should take to successfully move out of temporary accommodation.
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To signpost households to relevant support e.g. for benefits or debt advice, to ensure they are in the best position to move into and sustain their settled accommodation.
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This role is key in ensuring households are able to move on from temporary accommodation, reducing the average stay length and the number of households in temporary accommodation.
Key Accountabilities
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Key Accountabilities
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To mange a caseload of households that have been identified as ready to move on from temporary accommodation into settled accommodation. Using the information about the household to offer suitable (as legally defined) settled accommodation for them, in order for the Council to discharge duties. This could be private rented accommodation, supported housing, direct offer of social housing, choice-based lettings or other settled accommodation options.
To review information about the household, updating the housing needs assessment, and other documentation, as necessary, to ensure the needs of the household are fully understood.
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To make sure the rehousing and resettlement needs of the households are clearly established and understood. Including affordability, geographical restrictions and if there are vulnerabilities or behaviours that will mean specific support is required to move and settle into new accommodation. Making referrals for specialist accommodation and support where this is needed, for example to adult social care.
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To work at pace, ensuring cases are progressed in a timely way and properties are used efficiently.
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To liaise with other Council departments and external bodies as required, including Social Care, GP?s, fraud etc. to ensure offers of suitable accommodation and required measures to support a successful move into settled accommodation are in place.
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To support households to prepare to move and to ensure they receive appropriate advice including on their options, their responsibilities and rights for the tenancy they are being offered, and what happens if they reject the property offered.
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Where choice-based lettings is the best option for the household, making sure they understand what this option is, supporting them to bid on suitable properties, if shortlisted to attend viewings and when they accept an offer to make the move.
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To undertake property visits and home visits to the household, as required to ensure the suitability of a property and the successful move on from temporary accommodation, where this would be beneficial.
To control and conduct all activities to issue relevant discharge notifications to end homelessness duties and maintain relevant records. Including issuing offer letters, discharge notices, managing offer refusals, and other appropriate communications as appropriate to support the statutory process.
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To assist with resettlement and barriers to moving into the property offered, so the household is ready to be able to quickly accept the offer and move in. Supporting households to find out about their new communities and take the steps needed to settle into a new home, for example about claiming benefits and how to apply for schools.
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Responsible for dealing with, and supporting, complaints taking remedial action as necessary and using learning from complaints and reviews to support service improvements.
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To feedback to the Move On Team Lead to support efficient management of the team, including the identification of households ready to move into settled accommodation and the sourcing of suitable properties.
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Liaise and work closely with other peer groups across housing and other directorates that have a direct influence on the section promoting a joined-up approach in the operational deployment of services.
To apply reach out to me on :
02030471496
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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