| Description: | Housing Assistant, Cambourne
£9.80 per hour
Meyer Scott Ref: VR/01792
Our client is currently recruiting for a temporary Housing Assistant to join a busy team in Cambourne.
The desired candidate will have experience of working within a housing related environment and have excellent communication, administration and organisational skills. Duties include:
• To advise and inform by means of interviews, telephone and correspondence, members of the public who seek housing advice, including covering the office on occasions when other staff are absent.
• To advise clients on their housing options, including private rent, low cost home ownership, the housing register and choice based lettings.
• To provide appropriate advice in relation to the lettings policy and likelihood of rehousing.
• To maintain up to date information on current housing provision in the district and surrounding areas to ensure appropriate advice is given on housing options in the area.
• Nominating clients to temporary accommodation using standard forms and procedures.
• Issuing Housing Register forms, updating the register with new information as received, and advising on areas of choice.
• Compiling quarterly statistical returns, as well as other statistics required and maintaining statistical data on all housing advice enquiries and homeless applications.
• Monitoring people moving in and out of temporary accommodation and keeping a database up to date with this information;
• To provide administrative support to the Housing Advice/Homelessness team as required.
• To assist in the production of in house leaflets, ordering of government and other leaflets, and promotion of the Housing Advice Service throughout the district via advertising and distribution of information.
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