Local Authority Homeless Prevention Team Leader, Reading

Local Authority Homeless Prevention Team Leader, Reading 
Pay rate to £42 per hour 
Contract role, Local Government Housing 
 
We are recruiting for an experienced Local Authority Homeless Prevention Team Leader in Reading.  
Key Responsibilities 

• To manage a Homeless Prevention Team specialising in providing advice and assistance to families approaching with housing issues, including the development of standards and good practice required to deliver an effective and quality service to the community.  

• To support the Homeless Prevention Team Leader, as and when required, who will be responsible for delivering services for single applicants and couples.  

• To lead a team of officers to effectively provide private sector tenancy advice and put in place mechanisms to prevent or relieve homelessness, and assess homeless applications.  

• To be responsible for the day to day supervision of the Homeless Prevention Families Team whilst maintaining high standards of casework and maintaining own caseload.  

• To ensure that Personalised Housing Plans are implemented for all applicants approaching the services, are reviewed and followed through in order to increase prevention and relief.  

• To provide advice and guidance to the team on more complex issues.  

• To focus the team’s work on prevention of homelessness and ensure that the advice provided by the team is up to date, accurate and applied appropriately. 

Essential Skills & Experience 

• Experience of providing a frontline housing service at a Team Leader level in a housing advisory or homelessness capacity. 

• Experience of interpreting complex housing and welfare regulations and legislation. 

• Experience of day-to-day management of staff, coaching and supporting staff in all aspects of their work area. 

• Experience of monitoring expenditure and budgets. 

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment. 

• Experience of chairing action focussed case conferences. 

 
 
This is a contract role, and you will need to have experience in a similar Local Authority role. 
 
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and Vitalis can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@vitalissocialcare.co.uk for more information.  
We recruit across all areas of Housing, Public Sector, Planning and Local Government work. If you are experienced in this sector, and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles.