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Accommodation Solutions Officer

Employer
Barnet Homes - Part of The Barnet Group
Location
Barnet (City/Town), London (Greater)
Salary
£30,000 per annum
Closing date
16 Jun 2019

Job Details

Accommodation Solutions Officer
Circa GBP 30,000 TBG Flex
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Term: Permanent
TBG Flex - Part of The Barnet Group

Here at Barnet Homes we are critically reviewing and revising our services to reflect the impact of the Homelessness Reduction Act. Now we've got an exciting opportunity for an exceptional person, who wants to play a leading role in reshaping our Housing Options Services.

If you have expertise and experience working to prevent homelessness and meeting the needs of homeless clients, you could be just the person for us.  We need someone who can help us respond to the fundamental statutory shift heralded by the new Act.  If this is you, we'd love to hear from you.

Our vision is to provide the best advice and support for our clients reflecting full compliance, for the Ministry, Barnet Homes, and the Council.

Our target is to increase the number of households we prevent from becoming homeless, together with finding more suitable, settled homes for those needing accommodation. 

Your job will be:
* To complete comprehensive suitability assessments to ensure the successful discharge of our housing duty to clients.
* To arrange placements into temporary accommodation when necessary having first exhausted all alternative options.
* To work with colleagues to deliver an effective cross-functional service, and reduce placements in temporary accommodation.
* To work with our accommodation specialists using their expertise to deliver innovative solutions to homelessness.
* To act as an advocate for our services, and develop strong and effective relationships with agents and providers.
* To be instrumental in the delivery of our Customer Experience Project plans for change.

To view the full Job Description & Person Specification please click here

How to apply
We encourage applications from talented professionals who are flexible, and confident in their ability to tackle challenging situations in a fast-paced environment. If you have what it takes to be part of our team, please submit your application by midnight on Monday 27th May

Assessment and interview for shortlisted candidates will take place in week commencing Tuesday 28th May.

Company

The Barnet Group is a local authority trading company created in February 2012. We are owned by Barnet Council.

We employ approximately 1,000 members of staff in a wide range of roles; from care workers to plumbers and carpenters. We also have many office-based roles for our ever-growing organisation. We are a London Living Wage employer, and pride ourselves on our equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the opportunities we provide for staff growth and development.

We are the parent company to:

  • Barnet Homes – this manages the borough’s 15,000 council homes on behalf of Barnet Council. It also works to prevent homelessness and allocates homes to social housing applicants
  • Opendoor Homes – a subsidiary of Barnet Homes which gained Registered Provider status from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2016. Opendoor is developing an initial 320 new homes in the borough, and has ambitions to build many more. It is also purchasing homes on the open market for affordable rent.
  • Bumblebee – an online estate agent providing quality bespoke property services to landlords and tenants, throughout Barnet and the surrounding areas.
  • TBG Flex – a company for the recruitment and employment of new staff.
  • Your Choice Barnet – an adult social care company that provides day services, respite centres, extra care schemes and care homes to adults with learning and physical disabilities, older adults and adults with additional care needs.

Our mission is to make a real difference to every customer.

We also offer services to the wider community. These include a let2barnet lettings service for private landlords, and BOOST, an employment and training support service.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0208 359 2798
Location
The Barnet Group
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
London
United Kingdom
NW9 4EW
GB

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