Housing Review Officer
V85102568
£30 Per Hour
Temporary
North London
Local Authority
Posted 20 hours ago
Expires In 26 Days
Job Description
Housing Review Officer
North London
Immediate Start
My client is recruiting for a Housing Review Officer based within the local Authority in North London and the surrounding area.
Responsibilities
North London
Immediate Start
My client is recruiting for a Housing Review Officer based within the local Authority in North London and the surrounding area.
Responsibilities
- To carry out the statutory function of reviewing all homeless decisions, offers of accommodation and housing register assessments, where a review is requested.
- To ensure that statutory reviews are carried out within the statutory time limits.
- To liaise with the Legal Department and Head of Service to defend legal challenges whether that is from judicial review proceedings or County Court appeals under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996.
- To develop procedures and guidelines for officers in liaison with Service Development Manager
- To ensure that legal costs are minimised in relation to threatened/actual court action.
- Authorise and, where appropriate, make recommendations on the placement into temporary accommodation of persons to whom the Council owes a duty. To exercise discretion in deciding whether to continue providing accommodation pending a review or county court appeal.
- To develop training programs and train staff in relation to changes in legislation/caselaw/regulations.
- Highly detailed knowledge of current and emerging housing legislation and case law related to housing advice issues including private sector landlord and tenant law, security of tenure, homelessness law, housing benefit and other welfare benefit regulations, possession proceedings in the county court including court procedure rules, Community legal Services funding rules etc.
- Detailed knowledge of the legal challenges local authorities
- Good standard of education
- Local Authority experienceÂ
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Initial 3 to 6 month ongoing contract with the opportunity to extendÂ
- PAYE via UmbrellaÂ
- Monday to Friday
- 9am to 5pmÂ
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