Based in Newbury paying £15.78ph PAYE

This is a full time temporary contract role.

Our client is looking for a Housing Support Team Leader. To be responsible for the effective supervision of the day to day work of the Housing Support Team including intensive housing support, partnership work and effective negotiation with voluntary and statutory partners to ensure applicants who are at risk of homelessness and rough sleeping access a range of services.

The successful candidate will manage housing support staff ensuring that 121’s, appraisals and training are carried out, provide a reactive service to applicants who are at imminent risk of rough sleeping and homelessness and who require intensive support to sustain and maintain their tenancies and provide extensive advice and support to staff to enable them to help applicants in court during possession hearings and to liaise with the landlord both pre- and post-court to ensure a plan is in place to prevent evictions. To ensure that performance targets are met and a culture of performance management, customer care, value for money and service users’ empowerment is embedded across the team

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