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We are looking for a Housing Options Advisor to join the team of a well-established housing organisation in the Birmingham area. This role is offering a temporary position, helping to assist with the prevention of homelessness.

Housing Options Advisor

Monday to Friday

Birmingham, B37

Temporary - 3 months plus

As a Housing Options Advisor, you will be:

Proactive in prevention of homelessness and will support customers through the range of housing options available to them.
Help conduct home visits to verify homelessness
Securing temporary accommodation for homeless persons. This will involve liaising and negotiating with accommodation providers to secure a provision for the homeless persons.
Preparing and serving of notices to quit to those customers in temporary accommodation where we are seeking possession.
Providing support on the provision of temporary accommodation
Complete licence agreements with prospective occupants and ensure housing benefit applications are registered online to maximise our income generation.To be successful as a Housing Options Advisor, you will have previous experience in:

Working within social housing, specifically in a housing options or homelessness prevention team
Dealing with tenants to prevent homelessness
Ability to communicate effectively via written and verbal communicationWe would be really interested in speaking to anyone who has worked in any Housing Administrator, Homelessness assistant, Housing options Assistant, Homelessness advisor roles.

If you are interested in this role, please apply directly to this advert. For more information, you can call (phone number removed)