Reviews Officer

Daniel Owen Ltd

Posted 10 hours ago, valid for 25 days

Ilford, Greater London IG1 2QY, England

£22.55 - £27 per hour

Part Time

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The job position is for a Reviews Officer on a temporary ongoing contract based in Ilford, offering a salary of £22.55 per hour.
The role involves conducting high-quality reviews of homelessness decisions under various housing laws, including the Housing Act 1996 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
Responsibilities include managing cases that proceed to section 204 appeals in the County Court and ensuring timely reviews to reduce the need for temporary accommodation.
The officer will also be responsible for recording key data related to reviews to support analysis and submission to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Candidates are expected to have relevant experience in housing or homelessness reviews, although the specific number of years required is not mentioned.

Reviews Officer
Temporary on going contract
22.55per hour
Ilford based

To carry out high quality, timely reviews of homelessness decisions (negative homeless decisions, suitability, discharge of duty) under section 202 of the Housing Act 1996; , reviews functions under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017; part VI reviews of Housing register assessment's and housing offers through choice based lettings
Manage cases that go to section 204 appeal in the County Court and to further appeal in the higher courts; judicial reviews and other housing court challenges
To reduce the need for provision of temporary accommodation and resulting expenditure by ensuring effective and timely reviews but also offering good quality options, prevention and relief advice as part of reviews casework
To take responsibility for the recording of high quality, key data on all types of reviews which support the submission to the Department for Communities and Local Government ensuring key trends on homelessness, the causes and solutions is available. Also ensuring information on homelessness and allocations as it relates to reviews is available for analysis locally to support the management of demand and response to trends
This is a specialist role that will be at the forefront of the new reviews functions following the introduction of the Homelessness Act 2017.

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