Homelessness Prevention Officer

September 12, 2024

Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton and Hove

OTHER

Posted on 11 September 2024 Apply

Directorate BHCC: Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities
Salary £32,076 - £36,648
Contract Permanent
Closing Date Apply by 3 October 2024

Location

Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton

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Job Summary

Job reference
orbis/TP/487/42205
Positions available
1
Working hours
37
Closing date
3 October 2024
Job category
Housing
Organisation
Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

Brighton & Hove City Council's statutory homelessness services have undergone a modernisation programme in response to changing legislative landscape and customer focus. This has created a number of vacancies in a new service which aims to emphasise excellent service provision. This Homelessness Prevention Officer post is offered as part of this service transformation.
Interviews to be held 16th & 17th of October
For an informal discussion, please contact Brittany Schultz at Brittany.Schultz@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

After redesigning our Homelessness & Housing Options Service we are offering a role for a Homelessness Prevention Officer with relevant experience. This role is part of our Homelessness Prevention Team, providing a high level of case working expertise and discharging statutory duties to homeless applicants.
We welcome enquiries and applications from a broad range of candidates who can offer the right standard of customer focused service. Our offer is to work in an environment that is highly motivated to achieve excellent levels of performance and the best housing outcomes for applicants in acute housing need.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.
Working arrangements are subject to Government guidance at the time. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)