Cohort Lead for Homelessness Services - Enfield, United Kingdom - Recroot Ltd

Recroot Ltd

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Enfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Recroot are seeing a Cohort Lead for Homelessness Services based at Enfield Council.

This role is starting asap, working Mon to Fri 35 hours a week in an ongoing contract.

Purpose of the role

Manage the day to day delivery of the Council's specialist statutory homelessness services, namely a team of Specialist Housing Coordinators and Homeless and Immigration Officers within the Resettlement and Resilience Teams. Your focus will be to assist single homeless service users approaching from prison and hospital, applicants fleeing domestic abuse and homeless families with NRPF.
To be responsible for the provision of a quality service of information, advice and casework service to fulfil the authority's statutory homelessness functions, including the prevention and relief duties and homelessness assessment duty
Ensure appropriate quality advice and assistance is provided everyone in housing needs
Manage & develop the Council's function to defend possession proceedings at court, in order to fulfil the council's enforcement role in preventing illegal evictions, tenant harassment and ensuring that landlords follow the correct legal procedure to evict tenants.
Actively support the development, management and delivery of new projects, service products and initiatives within Assessment Hub as they relate to the Housing Advisory Service and its services.
Build, develop and maintain positive partnerships with other council groups, external agencies and organisations including joint assessment panels for preventing homelessness and delivering quality housing options and advice services,
Actively contribute to the smooth running of the service, working collaboratively with a wide range of services, raising standards, working flexibly across teams, ensuring services are delivered in a consistent, standardised and efficient manner.
Actively champion continuous improvement and the implementation of automation and efficient ways of working.