JOB TITLE:        Housing Partner
LOCATION:      Bracknell, Berkshire
SALARY:            £18.43/Hour
DURATION:      Temporary  - 1 month
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The Employer:
We are looking to fill the role of an Housing Partner within a housing environment, Our client is ambitious and has a huge 5 year plan which we are seeking this key member of the team to assist with, their main aim is to create a sustainable future for social housing, building new homes and investing in existing ones creating vibrant, thriving communities.

 
The Role:
•             Deliver a proactive face-to-face tenancy management service, building relationships with new customers within a patch.  
•             You will support the customer journey at key stages of their tenancy such as viewings, new tenancy visits, tenancy audits, end of tenancy visits and property inspections for mutual exchanges and transfers. You will also be required to oversee complex general enquiries and provide information to support complaint resolution.
•             Deal with applications for succession, assignment and other tenancy related matters in line with legislation, policy and the tenancy agreement.
•             Support the Housing Project Lead with the letting of new build properties and embedding new neighbourhoods.
•             Take appropriate tenancy enforcement action, including legal proceedings when required for breaches of tenancy including tenancy fraud, nuisance behaviour, unauthorised alterations, overcrowding and abandonment.  
•             Support other teams to deliver services when access becomes a challenge to carry out key health and safety repairs and compliance related services.
•             Complete property inspections and tenancy audits as part of a targeted programme ensuring the property meets our standard and is safe and suitable for the customer – you will work with customers where property condition is failing and agree and track action plans to put things right.
•             Identify support needs and explore property suitability requirements offering information, guidance, and signpost to appropriate statutory and voluntary agencies.
•             Complete regular estate inspections of our neighbourhoods and blocks of flats, proactively tackling environmental nuisance and working with colleagues in Homecare to ensure expected standards are met.
•             Develop a detailed working knowledge of your patch, utilise data and local knowledge to develop improvement plans to create thriving neighbourhoods.
•             Take part in community development events and be the local ambassador for your patch, promoting engagement and targeting customers who will benefit most.
•             Take proactive action to support positive neighbour relationships and safe neighbourhoods, addressing reports of behaviour which may impact on customer wellbeing such as household and property related noise, communal area, garden, vehicle, and pet nuisance.
•             Work collaboratively with community safety colleagues when needed to support with initial information gathering and ongoing community safety work.
•             Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal departments and other external agencies to ensure that we are working towards outcomes that support exemplary customer service and tenancy sustainment.
•             Safeguard vulnerable adults and children by escalating concerns through the appropriate channels and represent housing at multi-agency meetings.
•             Meet key performance service targets.

 
The Candidate will need to be:
•             An integral and valued part of the Housing Partnership Team co