Are you an Adaptations Surveyor looking for your next role?
King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough council are looking for a Technical Officer role in West Norfolk on a 3-4 month interim contract.
Key Details:
• Rate: £35 p/h
• Location: West Norfolk
• Working Pattern: Field-based with some home working and office attendance
• Start: ASAP
• Checks: Enhanced DBS preferred
About the Role:
You'll visit clients in their homes to provide technical advice on repairs and adaptations, helping residents live independently. The role involves managing end-to-end casework, preparing schedules and drawings, liaising with contractors, and overseeing adaptations such as level-access showers, ramps, and door widening.
What You'll Do
• Assess & advise: Visit clients to assess housing needs and advise on feasibility, appropriate works and funding options (including DFGs), ensuring solutions support independent living.
• End-to-end case management: Deliver allocated cases from options appraisal through to completion and sign-off, covering technical, financial and contractual elements.
• Surveys & standards: Carry out Decent Homes/HHSRS surveys, gather photographic evidence, and complete paperwork for local authority referrals.
• Technical outputs: Prepare schedules of work, specifications, drawings/plans (existing and proposed/adapted layouts), and schedules of rates/pricing (no tendering required).
• Work mix & volume: Typically 3-4 new jobs per week, with multiple daily visits (up to ~10/day when required); meet contractors on site and sign off completed works.
• Adaptations scope: Level-access showers, ramps, door widening for wheelchair access, and other home adaptations in owner-occupied and social housing.
• Stakeholder liaison: Work closely with Occupational Therapists, Client Officers, Local Authority Grants Officers, and contractors; build relationships and manage performance.
• Compliance & safety: Conduct site risk assessments, monitor works at intervals, ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Codes of Practice.
• Funding & approvals: Prepare and coordinate grant/loan applications (including planning/building regs where needed) and secure authorisations for variations.
• Close-out: Arrange final inspections, check final accounts/defects, advise on payments, and complete case closure documentation.
• Service development: Support the Senior Technical Officer and Repairs & Adaptations Manager with developing services, frameworks, and contractor vetting; contribute to reports and procedures.
• Promotion & records: Promote the Agency's services (including Careline/Handyperson), maintain accurate case files and computerised records, and uphold data quality standards.
• Continuous improvement: Keep up to date with legislation/practice, develop a specialist area, and participate in regional/network meetings.
Requirements:
• Experience in technical surveying/building works (adaptations experience preferred but not essential)
• Familiarity with DFGs desirable
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle (mileage reimbursed)
If you are interested, please email your updated CV to Paige.Musselwhite@carringtonwest.com or call 02393876013.
King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough council are looking for a Technical Officer role in West Norfolk on a 3-4 month interim contract.
Key Details:
• Rate: £35 p/h
• Location: West Norfolk
• Working Pattern: Field-based with some home working and office attendance
• Start: ASAP
• Checks: Enhanced DBS preferred
About the Role:
You'll visit clients in their homes to provide technical advice on repairs and adaptations, helping residents live independently. The role involves managing end-to-end casework, preparing schedules and drawings, liaising with contractors, and overseeing adaptations such as level-access showers, ramps, and door widening.
What You'll Do
• Assess & advise: Visit clients to assess housing needs and advise on feasibility, appropriate works and funding options (including DFGs), ensuring solutions support independent living.
• End-to-end case management: Deliver allocated cases from options appraisal through to completion and sign-off, covering technical, financial and contractual elements.
• Surveys & standards: Carry out Decent Homes/HHSRS surveys, gather photographic evidence, and complete paperwork for local authority referrals.
• Technical outputs: Prepare schedules of work, specifications, drawings/plans (existing and proposed/adapted layouts), and schedules of rates/pricing (no tendering required).
• Work mix & volume: Typically 3-4 new jobs per week, with multiple daily visits (up to ~10/day when required); meet contractors on site and sign off completed works.
• Adaptations scope: Level-access showers, ramps, door widening for wheelchair access, and other home adaptations in owner-occupied and social housing.
• Stakeholder liaison: Work closely with Occupational Therapists, Client Officers, Local Authority Grants Officers, and contractors; build relationships and manage performance.
• Compliance & safety: Conduct site risk assessments, monitor works at intervals, ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Codes of Practice.
• Funding & approvals: Prepare and coordinate grant/loan applications (including planning/building regs where needed) and secure authorisations for variations.
• Close-out: Arrange final inspections, check final accounts/defects, advise on payments, and complete case closure documentation.
• Service development: Support the Senior Technical Officer and Repairs & Adaptations Manager with developing services, frameworks, and contractor vetting; contribute to reports and procedures.
• Promotion & records: Promote the Agency's services (including Careline/Handyperson), maintain accurate case files and computerised records, and uphold data quality standards.
• Continuous improvement: Keep up to date with legislation/practice, develop a specialist area, and participate in regional/network meetings.
Requirements:
• Experience in technical surveying/building works (adaptations experience preferred but not essential)
• Familiarity with DFGs desirable
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle (mileage reimbursed)
If you are interested, please email your updated CV to Paige.Musselwhite@carringtonwest.com or call 02393876013.