Reviews Officer
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About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About the role
The purpose of the role is to provide a professional reviews service, primarily on matters of suitability of accommodation and allocations (registrations), which supports service delivery, contributes to the growth and development of the service and the skills and knowledge of staff across the directorate. You will provide an effective service to end the main housing duty to households found to have breached the terms of their tenancy or license in their temporary accommodation. The successful candidate will keep fully abreast of changes in legislation and case-law; recommending service improvements and policy changes in order for an excellent service to be delivered.
You will be joining a team committed to making a positive difference to people’s lives at the start of an exciting change in approach to supporting households in temporary accommodation. Whilst working in the team will be challenging and fast paced, you’ll be supported to achieve success, developing new skills and experience along the way.
About you
You must have the ability to quickly develop a solid understanding of housing law and practice. You will be highly articulate both verbally and in writing, able to communicate complicated information in an accessible way. You must also have the ability to carry out complex investigations in relation to homelessness reviews. You will need to be resilient, and have the ability to work to agreed and competing deadlines. You must have excellent written skills in order to be able to write complex homelessness decisions.
Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk
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Salary range
- £44,331 - £47,532 per year