Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer
  • England,London
  • full-time
  • £27 per hour
Job Description:
Job Title: Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer
Location: Lewisham
Hours Per Week: 35 hours
Rate of Pay: £27 P/H (Umbrella)
Lewisham Council are currently looking for an experienced Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer to join their Housing Division.
Main Duties:
*Provide comprehensive, high quality homeless prevention, support and advice service to all households who are homeless or being threatened with homelessness.
*Prevent and resolve homelessness within the borough through the provision of impartial advice in alignment with housing legislation.
*Investigate the circumstances of customers presenting to the Council as homeless and determine what duty the authority owes them and to issue robust s184 decision letters accordingly.
*Facilitating appropriate move-on, by making homelessness decision on the existing cases by discharging duty offers made under s.193 and PRS offers.
The Candidate Will Have:
*Knowledge of the Housing Act 1996, the Homelessness Act 2002, and the Localism Act 2011.
*Experience with s.184 decision letters.
For more information, please contact Olivia at or email
Job number 1715749
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