Homelessness Prevention Officer

4Recruitment Services are seeking an experienced Homelessness Prevention Officer to work in the Housing Advice and Prevention team for a council based in Aylesbury.PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: To provide a statutory homelessness and housing advice service in relation to preventing homelessness and statutory homelessness assessments. Also, to assist senior officers and managers. (This involves fulfilling statutory duties under the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) including actions to prevent homelessness, the preparation and publication of personalised Homelessness Prevention Plans).To deliver an efficient, front-line service in line with the Council s vision, core values and behaviours, resources, strategic and service priorities and to deliver services in a professional and courteous manner.To deliver a comprehensive, customer focussed and high-quality service in relation to housing options and homelessness prevention tailored for a diverse client group including vulnerable and disadvantaged persons and householdsTo prevent homelessness through the thorough resolution of casework by undertaking comprehensive housing needs assessments and identifying and undertaking the appropriate actionsTo achieve individual performance objectives, targets, and service standards to contribute to the achievement of the team plan, objectives and targets.To play an active role in the prevention and detection of fraud, involving the Councils fraud team as required. ..... full job details .....