* Housing Reviews Officer
* Public Sector - Local Authority
* Full Time - Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week
* Temporary Role - 6 months
* £31 per hour Umbrella
* Mostly remote working with the need to be in office in Croydon once every 2 to 4 weeks
The ideal candidate:
* Is an experienced Housing Reviews Officer
* Has recent experience in undertaking s202 homelessness reviews
* Has a high level of legislative knowledge
* Has the ability to construct complex arguments
* Has excellent writing skills as you will be required to draft decisions capable of judicial scrutiny
* Can hit the ground running with minimal supervision
Role Purpose:
Responsible for fulfilling the council's statutory function under s202 Housing Act 1996 Part VII i.e. reviewing negative homelessness decisions and suitability of offers when requested by applicants/their representatives.
Duties:
* Managing an individual caseload of homelessness/suitability reviews in accordance with Part VII Housing Act 1996 (as amended), ensuring all internal and statutory deadlines are met.
* Investigating cases and issuing decisions in relation to the various homelessness duties associated in particular with S188, 193 and 202 within the relevant timeframes.
* Ensuring additional internal deadlines are met with regard to the management of the review process, e.g. timely dispatch of file copies; follow up of submissions and Regulation 8 letters and liaison with the council's solicitors in relation to court proceedings.
* Responding to members enquiries and other correspondence within specified performance timescales.
* To cover any other duties as may be required.
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