Team Leader - Homelessness Prevention and Relief
London Borough of Brent
Wembley, UK
Published 4 days ago
Housing services manager
Job Description
This position is only open to Internal Applicants at Brent Council.
Salary range: £49,083 - £52,116 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time
An excellent offer...
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent's diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
At Brent, we have an established specialist service to assist families and pregnant people facing homelessness. This is a fast paced and dynamic service.
You will manage a frontline service and a team of officers responsible for delivering high quality service to families, some of which may have complex needs. Your team will manage a caseload and determine options suitable for applicants whilst managing service user expectation.
You will lead and provide support and guidance to officers, ensuring that duties under homelessness legislation are fulfilled.
You will develop your team to work flexibly with applicants as we recognise that no two households are the same.
The Person
You must be able to demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of homelessness legislation and case law, coupled with hands on experience of preventing homelessness and making statutory decisions.
You will have a thorough understanding of prevention options, extensive experience of preventing homelessness successfully with excellent negotiation skills. You will be experienced in people management and leading a team to successful outcomes.
A people focussed person, you will be passionate about customer service and take pride in delivering an excellent service. You will be highly motivated, passionate, ambitious, able to motivate your team and ready for a new challenge.
Closing date: Sunday 29 September 2024 23:59
Candidates selected for the next stage of the recruitment process will be notified by 30th September. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 3rd October
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council. External candidates are not permitted to apply for internal only roles. Forwarding 'internal only' roles to external candidates may lead to disciplinary action being taken.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk
Job Description
This position is only open to Internal Applicants at Brent Council.
Salary range: £49,083 - £52,116 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time
An excellent offer...
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent's diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
At Brent, we have an established specialist service to assist families and pregnant people facing homelessness. This is a fast paced and dynamic service.
You will manage a frontline service and a team of officers responsible for delivering high quality service to families, some of which may have complex needs. Your team will manage a caseload and determine options suitable for applicants whilst managing service user expectation.
You will lead and provide support and guidance to officers, ensuring that duties under homelessness legislation are fulfilled.
You will develop your team to work flexibly with applicants as we recognise that no two households are the same.
The Person
You must be able to demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of homelessness legislation and case law, coupled with hands on experience of preventing homelessness and making statutory decisions.
You will have a thorough understanding of prevention options, extensive experience of preventing homelessness successfully with excellent negotiation skills. You will be experienced in people management and leading a team to successful outcomes.
A people focussed person, you will be passionate about customer service and take pride in delivering an excellent service. You will be highly motivated, passionate, ambitious, able to motivate your team and ready for a new challenge.
Closing date: Sunday 29 September 2024 23:59
Candidates selected for the next stage of the recruitment process will be notified by 30th September. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 3rd October
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council. External candidates are not permitted to apply for internal only roles. Forwarding 'internal only' roles to external candidates may lead to disciplinary action being taken.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk
Job Description