Housing Reviews Officer

• Housing Reviews Officer
• Public Sector - Local Authority
• Full Time - Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week
• Temporary Role - 6 months
• £31 per hour Umbrella
• Mostly remote working with the need to be in office in Croydon once every 2 to 4 weeks

The ideal candidate:

• Is an experienced Housing Reviews Officer
• Has recent experience in undertaking s202 homelessness reviews
• has a high level of legislative knowledge
• has the ability to construct complex arguments
• has excellent writing skills as you will be required to draft decisions capable of judicial scrutiny
• can hit the ground running with minimal supervision

Role Purpose

Responsible for fulfilling the council's statutory function under s202 Housing Act 1996 Part VII i.e. reviewing negative homelessness decisions and suitability of offers when requested by applicants/their representatives

Duties:

• Managing an individual caseload of homelessness/suitability reviews in accordance with Part VII Housing Act 1996 (as amended), ensuring all internal and statutory deadlines are met.
• Investigating cases and issuing decisions in relation to the various homelessness duties associated in particular with S188, 193 and 202 within the relevant timeframes.
• Ensuring additional internal deadlines are met with regard to the management of the review process, e.g. timely dispatch of file copies; follow up of submissions and Regulation 8 letters and liaison with the council's solicitors in relation to court proceedings.
• Responding to members enquiries and other correspondence within specified performance timescales.
• To cover any other duties as may be required

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