Principal Housing Options Officer (Team Leader)
A local authority in Warwickshire is looking for an experienced Principal Housing Options Officer / Team Leader to support its Housing Options service.
You'll manage a team of 6 interim Housing Options Officers, including officers specialising in Rough Sleeping, Migration/Resettlement and Domestic Abuse, alongside generic Housing Options Officers.
The service currently has a significant backlog, so they need someone who can provide strong day-to-day management while helping the team improve performance and work through outstanding cases.
Key responsibilities:
- Day-to-day management and supervision of 6 Housing Options Officers
- Managing workloads, performance, case quality and priorities
- Supporting officers with complex homelessness cases and decision-making
- Helping the service tackle its existing backlog
- Ensuring cases are progressed effectively in line with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and Part VII of the Housing Act 1996
- Supporting work around temporary accommodation reduction, including prevention, move-on and reducing unnecessary TA usage
- Staff inductions, 1-2-1s and general team leader responsibilities
They're ideally looking for someone with previous Housing Options Team Leader / Principal Officer experience within a local authority who can come in and hit the ground running.
Hybrid working: roughly 1 day per week in the office, dependent on meetings, staff inductions and service requirements.
Rate: £35-£40 per hour
If you're interested, or know someone suitable, drop me an email on sydney@park-avenue.co.uk and I can run through the details.
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