Homelessness Reviews Officer

Responsible for fulfilling the council's statutory function under s Housing Act Part VII i.e. reviewing negative homelessness decisions and suitability of offers when requested by applicants/their representatives

Duties:

• Managing an individual caseload of homelessness/suitability reviews in accordance with Part VII Housing Act (as amended), ensuring all internal and statutory deadlines are met.
• Investigating cases and issuing decisions in relation to the various homelessness duties associated in particular with S, and within the relevant time frames.
• Ensuring additional internal deadlines are met with regard to the management of the review process, e.g. timely dispatch of file copies; follow up of submissions and Regulation 8 letters and liaison with the council's solicitors in relation to court proceedings.
• Responding to members enquiries and other correspondence within specified performance timescales.
• To cover any other duties as may be required

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