We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Enfield to assist with the appointment of a Review Officer - Housing, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £24.24 - £30.00 per hour 

Responsibilities:

• To ensure that legal costs are minimised in relation to threatened/actual court action.
• To monitor and prepare reports for the Head of Service and members, on performance in respect of decision reviews and court cases.
• To arrange and attend meetings and case conferences both internal and with external agencies/other local authorities concerning the work of the section.
• To deal with complex correspondence and sensitive issues, e.g. Members/ MPs enquiries, complaints.
• To highlight anomalies/irregularities in the Allocations Scheme(as part of the annual review), homelessness and accommodation procedures, that arise from appeals in order to minimise the risk to the council of court action
• To obtain medical reports from GPs/ Consultants and to get recommendations from the in-house medical advisers, the Mental Health Assessment Panel or an independent consultant for the purpose of investigating a review.

Qualifications:

• Good standard of education
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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