Specialist Street Homeless Coordinator - Enfield, United Kingdom - Service Care

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Enfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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JOB TITLE:
Specialist Street Homeless Coordinator

LOCATION:
Enfield

CONTRACT TYPE:
Temp

WEEKLY HOURS:36 Hours

WORK PATTERN:
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

JOB SUMMARY:

The Prevention & Intervention Service was established to help applicants who are threatened with homelessness or homeless to sustain their present accommodation or move into suitable and Prevention & Intervention.

The Prevention & Intervention Service will also work collaboratively with partners to improve resilience and housing sustainment, under Enfield's Early Help strategy.

Within the Prevention & Intervention Service, the Homeless Prevention team will provide expert advice and work closely and collaboratively with partners in order to prevent or delay homelessness wherever possible, to stop people ending up in our temporary accommodation or on the streets.

The Specialist Housing Coordinator will sit within the Homeless Prevention Team, working closely within the courts, solicitors and Enfield's legal department to prevent homelessness.

RESPONSIBILTIES:

To provide specialist homelessness casework to households, ensuring that all aspects of casework are carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies, policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level through effective and regular case work supervision, advice, guidance and support.
Skilled use of all available homelessness prevention tools and collaborate with internal and external partners to improve outcomes for threatened with homeless/homeless applicants. Contribute to embedding safeguarding best practice across the wider Housing Advisory Service.
Contribute to the overall service goal to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation by assisting them in challenging landlords & court possession orders. Contribute to the development of the Homeless Prevention Team and wider Prevention & Intervention Service.
As appropriate, undertake the assessment and completion of highquality risk management plans for applicants utilising information from a range of stakeholders and the applicant themselves. To minimise risk by identifying, reporting and following up any safeguarding concerns.

EXPERIENCE:

Significant experience of providing specialist homelessness casework to homeless applicants that may have complex needs, significant experience of working collaboratively to improve outcomes for homeless that may have complex needs
Ability and experience to consistently deliver high levels of customer service to homeless applicants that may have complex needs. Ability and experience of ensuring all aspects of casework is carried out in accordance with legislation, strategies policies and initiatives set out at the national, regional and local level.
Detailed knowledge and experience of attending court and presenting cases in defence or challenge of decisions reached by the council. Ability and experience of consistently achieving performance objectives in the provision of specialist homelessness casework.
Ability to contribute to the identification, dissemination and embedding of existing and emerging best practice within the team, and across the wider Housing Advisory Service. Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders, including applicants, members, partners, and so on

**Also, will be required to go through an enhanced DBS check.