Housing Options Officer

Housing Options Officer - Refugee & Asylum Seeker Specialist - Hybrid - Midlands - Rate DOE

A client of mine is looking to bring in a Refugee & Asylum Seeker specialist to join their team in an interim contract on a hybrid basis.

You must have experience in:

• Dealing with Asylum Seekers & Refugees in a previous placement.
• Previously worked with the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
• Demonstrate a confident working knowledge of Part 7 and Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996.
• Assess and case work homeless applications made to the council, ensuring compliance with homelessness legislation, specifically the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (HRA).
• Attend meetings as requested, contributing to discussions and providing updates on cases and developments.

You will be working on:

• Demonstrated understanding of homelessness legislation, including the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and relevant sections of the Housing Act 1996.
• Confident working knowledge of Part 7 and Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996.
• Conducting section 184 decisions and writing letters on Refugee & Asylum Seeker cases.

Interviews will be conducted over TEAMs and due to this being an urgent requirement they will be looking to interview and appoint as early as next week.

If this looks like a role that would be of interest for yourself, please contact me!

Furthermore, if you know of anyone who is looking for work and fit the skill set required for this role, please feel free to forward this advert over to them!

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