Job Description

Job Title: Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer

Location: Lewisham

Hours Per Week: 35 hours

Rate of Pay: £27 P/H (Umbrella)

Lewisham Council are currently looking for an experienced Homelessness Prevention and Assessment Officer to join their Housing Division.

Main Duties:

Provide comprehensive, high quality homeless prevention, support and advice service to all households who are homeless or being threatened with homelessness.

Prevent and resolve homelessness within the borough through the provision of impartial advice in alignment with housing legislation.

Investigate the circumstances of customers presenting to the Council as homeless and determine what duty the authority owes them and to issue robust s184 decision letters accordingly.

Facilitating appropriate move-on, by making homelessness decision on the existing cases by discharging duty offers made under s.193 and PRS offers. The Candidate Will Have:

Knowledge of the Housing Act 1996, the Homelessness Act 2002, and the Localism Act 2011.

Experience with s.184 decision letters.For more information, please contact Olivia at (phone number removed) or email