Housing Options Officer

Location:

Region: Stoke-on- Trent
Country: United Kingdom

Role:

  • Industry: UK Public Sector
  • Job Type: Consultant
Salary: £20000 - £21000 per annum + 500000
Benefits: 500000

Application Details:

Expiry Date: 18/12/2024
Job Reference: ho 11/12/2024_1733941042

Housing Options Officer

My client is currently seeking a Temporary Housing Options Officer to join a local authority in Yorkshire. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional with experience in housing options, advice, and assessments to make a real difference in the community.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert housing advice and support to individuals and families in housing need.
  • Carry out comprehensive housing assessments in line with the Housing Act 1996 (as amended) and relevant legislation.
  • Offer tailored housing solutions, including temporary accommodation options and referrals to partner agencies.
  • Develop and maintain case files, ensuring that all records are up-to-date and accurate.
  • Assist with homelessness prevention, securing accommodation, and liaising with landlords, housing providers, and other stakeholders.
  • Attend meetings with clients and colleagues, providing updates on progress and offering professional advice on housing-related matters.

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience as a Housing Options Officer or within a similar housing advisory role.
  • Strong knowledge of housing legislation, including homelessness and housing allocations.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide sensitive advice and support to clients.
  • Ability to assess complex housing situations and provide practical solutions.
  • Experience working with local authorities or housing associations is desirable.

If you're a proactive and dedicated Housing Options Officer, ready to contribute to the success of a local authority in Yorkshire, we want to hear from you!

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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