Location: Berkshire – HybridPay rate:£38 – £42 per hour (Umbrella)Contract: 3-4 months with a possibility of getting extendedDBS: Standard DBS required
The role
Reed Public Sector is currently recruiting an experienced Housing Advice & Homelessness Team Leader to support the delivery of a high-performing frontline housing service for a Local Authority in Berkshire. This is an interim opportunity ideal for candidates with strong statutory homelessness experience who can hit the ground running.
You will lead a team delivering housing advice and homelessness casework, ensuring compliance with legislation, high service standards, and excellent outcomes for residents.
Key responsibilities
- Lead a frontline housing advice and homelessness service, ensuring statutory duties are met
- Act as escalation point for complex and high-risk cases
- Provide day-to-day management, supervision, and coaching to staff
- Interpret and apply housing and welfare legislation, providing clear case direction
- Monitor service expenditure, including temporary accommodation and prevention spend
- Chair action-focused, multi-agency case conferences
- Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary environment, including internal and external partners
- Maintain quality assurance, performance monitoring, and service resilience
About you
You will be an experienced housing professional with strong leadership skills and a solid understanding of homelessness legislation. You will be confident managing staff, budgets, and complex cases in a fast-paced environment.
Essential experience
- Experience leading a frontline housing or homelessness service at Team Leader level
- Strong knowledge of housing and welfare legislation
- Proven line management experience, including coaching and staff support
- Experience of budget monitoring and expenditure control
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of chairing action-focused case conferences
- Ability to work flexibly in a hybrid working environment
Have the Expertise and Experience?
APPLY NOW
Alternatively contact Muzna Naqvi at Reed Reading Office
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The role
Reed Public Sector is currently recruiting an experienced Housing Advice & Homelessness Team Leader to support the delivery of a high-performing frontline housing service for a Local Authority in Berkshire. This is an interim opportunity ideal for candidates with strong statutory homelessness experience who can hit the ground running.
You will lead a team delivering housing advice and homelessness casework, ensuring compliance with legislation, high service standards, and excellent outcomes for residents.
Key responsibilities
- Lead a frontline housing advice and homelessness service, ensuring statutory duties are met
- Act as escalation point for complex and high-risk cases
- Provide day-to-day management, supervision, and coaching to staff
- Interpret and apply housing and welfare legislation, providing clear case direction
- Monitor service expenditure, including temporary accommodation and prevention spend
- Chair action-focused, multi-agency case conferences
- Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary environment, including internal and external partners
- Maintain quality assurance, performance monitoring, and service resilience
About you
You will be an experienced housing professional with strong leadership skills and a solid understanding of homelessness legislation. You will be confident managing staff, budgets, and complex cases in a fast-paced environment.
Essential experience
- Experience leading a frontline housing or homelessness service at Team Leader level
- Strong knowledge of housing and welfare legislation
- Proven line management experience, including coaching and staff support
- Experience of budget monitoring and expenditure control
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of chairing action-focused case conferences
- Ability to work flexibly in a hybrid working environment
Have the Expertise and Experience?
APPLY NOW
Alternatively contact Muzna Naqvi at Reed Reading Office
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