The Housing Management team is a busy team providing an extensive and responsive property management service to homeless clients placed into temporary accommodation.

Sitting within Welfare and Housing Services, the team support each other by working closely together to achieve the right results and to deliver a holistic service to clients who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 

This role will also have close working links with the Migration Team and its customers who are accommodated as part of a national resettlement scheme. You will engage in diverse and challenging work every day, making it both rewarding and fulfilling, as we react to the demands of our homeless clients in temporary accommodation.

• Responsible for the timely move-on into settled, long term accommodation, ensuring the Council’s rehousing duties are met and contributing to reductions in households residing in temporary and resettlement accommodation.
• You will proactively engage with people living in both temporary accommodation and transitional accommodation.
• Liaise with the wider service and partner organisations to; identify private rented accommodation for clients, in order to identify a suitable housing option for them the various schemes. To advise clients on how best to source this type of accommodation themselves and the assistance available.
• Undertake procedures for housing customers into private rented sector and other accommodation types, including ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, guidance governing the suitability of accommodation and Council policies, procedures and targets.
• Support households to actively pursue rehousing opportunities including: Registering and maintaining active applications on the Housing Register and Choice based lettings platform, Registering on relevant accommodation platforms and accessing private rented sector opportunities. This will be delivered by a flexible approach adapted to individual household needs.

For the full job description, including the key areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button. 

Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

• The ability to conduct financial assessments and calculations, along with excellent written communication skills to produce reports, case notes, assessments, and referrals for partner agencies. 
• General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) English and Maths Grade C or Grade 4, or equivalent. 
• Excellent IT skills. 
• Knowledge or experience of housing and or housing legislation.
• Experience of project delivery in a similar service (homelessness). 
• Experience of dealing with a diverse and vulnerable clientele, rough sleepers and homeless households either face-to-face, on the phone or through email. 
• Ability to manage and prioritise a varied case load of work within set deadlines.
• The post holder must hold a full UK driving licence (or valid equivalent). Non-UK licences must be converted to UK licences in the first six months of employment. 
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion Skills.