Team Leader - Homelessness West

Housing Options is seeking a progressive and creative Team Leader to guide and mentor Housing Caseworkers. This role is fast-paced and challenging, with a core function of preventing homelessness. The successful candidate will deliver an agile and dynamic housing advice service to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.  This is a role that makes a meaningful difference to people's lives and you will be part of a highly successful and high profile team that is achieving great results for its clients. 

What you can expect to be doing

• Leadership: Guide and mentor Housing Caseworkers, utilizing extensive experience and knowledge of Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.
• Client Services: Provide bespoke and creative solutions to human problems that are legally sound and consider the needs of individual households.
• Collaboration: Build and maintain relationships with internal partners and community organizations to enhance service delivery and resource availability.
• Advocacy: Advocate for policies and practices that support homelessness prevention and intervention. Represent the Council at community meetings and events.

About you

• Experience: Proven track record in leadership, with experience in housing, Children’s Services, Adult Social Care, and wider housing laws such as Landlord & Tenant Law.
• Flexible: Be able to work under pressure, deal with challenging and sensitive matters in a calm and thoughtful manner and deal with competing demands.
• Creative - no two solutions will ever be the same so we are looking for someone with professional curiosity and who can support their colleagues through difficult and complex cases, often with innovative solutions.
• Case Management - be able to guide your staff in casework management and data recording for collection for MHCLG.

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

• have access to a range of employee benefits 
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation.

We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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