Team Leader – Housing

Seven Resourcing are looking for 1 Team Leader to work in Dorchester, Dorset within the Housing advice and homelessness team for Dorset Council. This is a full time position and we are paying £30.94 per hour for this role.

The role:

To ensure the delivery of a high-quality customer focused service, working with colleagues across the Council and a wide range of external partners.

The postholder will deputise for three Housing Team Leaders. This will include attending various meetings, responding to team members’ queries, and supervising team members (for example coaching, mentoring, allocation of work, etc.).

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervising the team members across the three teams including coaching, mentoring,

  allocation of work, case management, day-to-day guidance and support.

• To be the case officer for more complex, sensitive, and multi-agency homelessness

  cases.

• Work with the Housing Team Leaders to develop and improve housing pathways and/or to address any issues where there are gaps or barriers to successful outcomes for

  customers.

• Work in close collaboration with the Housing Solutions Team with regard to the

  accommodation needs of homeless households.

• Maintain up to date expert knowledge in key areas relevant to this role, in particular a detailed working knowledge of homeless legislation and other relevant areas of law, keeping abreast of relevant case law.
• Deputise for the Housing Team Leaders in their absence.
• Authorise use of prevention funds, temporary accommodation (including B&B requests),

  rent deposits, signing off the suitability of placements in temporary accommodation.

• Represent the housing service at external meetings such as High-Risk Domestic Abuse

  (HRDA), Multi-Agency Public Protection Agency (MAPPA Level 2), Multi-Agency Risk

  Meetings (MARMs), Young People’s Panel, Partnership and Co-ordinating Groups

  (PCGs), and other multi-agency meetings.

• To be responsible for the duty, hospital discharge and out of hours rotas and the service

  provided.

• Complete all relevant statutory returns (including the Council’s H-CLIC statistical returns

  for homelessness) accurately and on time, in accordance with the government’s requirements and the Council’s procedures.

• Contribute positively to the development of new working practices and initiatives that help to prevent homelessness, increase the take-up of housing options and minimise the use and cost of temporary accommodation.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: Similar Work Related Experience
• Experience: 2+ years working within a similar role. 
• Compliance: Current Standard DBS check. 
• Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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