Housing Solutions Officer

Housing Solutions Officer needed in Kingston upon Thames, £20.37ph PAYE - Reference: RQ1755814 The purpose of the role is to work proactively and collaboratively with households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness to provide comprehensive advice and assist them to prevent their homelessness by retaining their current housing where possible, or otherwise to help them to relieve their homelessness by helping them to secure alternative accommodation. You will agree practical and reasonable steps for the Client and the household to take to prevent and/or relieve homelessness. Households will include private or social tenants, home owners, those evicted by family members or facing relationship breakdown, and may be vulnerable and/or have complex needs. It will be the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all performance targets are met, promote the profile of the Client’s services and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and support the Team Manager by contributing to the overall development of the service. This is a full time role on a Temporary contact basis. If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to quoting the reference number. Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared. Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage. You can also follow us at Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn or via our website