Specialist Resettlement Coordinator in Enfield

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Enfield  to assist with the appointment of a Specialist Resettlement coordinator , on a 3-month contract , likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay : £20.47 - £25.33 per hour

Responsibilities:

• To ensure our duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act are met, delivering a proactive person centred, outcome focused and end to end case management approach.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments that lead to focused and co-produced Personal Housing Plans (PHP) for each applicant.
• To assess applicants under the prevention and relief duties, issue S.184 final decision letters, ensuring effective communication and management of expectations with customers.
• As appropriate, undertake the assessment and completion of high-quality risk management plans for applicants utilising information from a range of stakeholders and the applicant themselves.
• To minimise risk by identifying, reporting, and following up any safeguarding concerns.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant knowledge of safeguarding best practice, including policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service
• Significant experience of providing specialist homelessness casework to single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions including prisons and hospitals
• Significant experience of working collaboratively to improve outcomes for single homeless applicants with more complex needs, such as applicants leaving institutions
• Ability and experience to consistently deliver high levels of customer service to single homeless applicants with more complex needs
• Ability and experience of ensuring all aspects of casework is carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level
• Ability and experience of consistently achieving performance objectives in the provision of specialist homelessness casework
• Ability to contribute to the identification, dissemination and embedding of existing and emerging best practice within the team, and across the wider Housing Advisory Service
• Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders, including applicants, members, partners, and so on
• Significant knowledge of welfare, homelessness and housing policy, strategies, legislation, and case law, and its implementation within a statutory homelessness service

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an enhanced DBS

Disclaimer : Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important : We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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