Job Description:

Job information Senior Housing Officer East from the Company Dorset Councils, this latest Senior Housing Officer East job vacancy is located in the city Dorchester DT located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Leadership field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

What's in it for you: We are looking for a Senior Housing Officer to come our Housing advice and Homelessness team. The team is a busy statutory frontline service which seeks to sympathetically yet robustly assist those households who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. You will have the support of a number of different teams based within the service to help you deliver the best options for our customers. This post offers the flexibility of working in a hybrid way. There is the option to be have an office base at a number of locations across Dorset as well as working from home. Our Housing Officers are available for in person surgeries held at a number of Customer Access Points in our Libraries and the successful candidate will partake in a duty rota to deliver this. What you can expect to be doing: The reason why someone becomes homeless is varied and as a Senior Housing Officer you will be expected to advise, support and supervisor the team over a wide range of issues including but not limited to:

• assessing any duties owed under the Housing Act 1996
• tenants rights and occupation
• benefit eligibility and assisting to make claims where required
• rent or mortgage arrears
• managing debt
• assisting people who are at risk of violence or abuse
• applying for social housing
• obtaining accommodation in the private rented sector.

About you: Do you develop positive and professional relationships? We need people who can work in partnership with other agencies to assist and support our clients. The successful applicants will need to maintain and develop professional relationships with colleagues, landlords and a wide range of agencies. Are you able to switch from one task to another ? Senior Housing Officers will be managing diverse cases from one moment to the next. You will need to have a sound understanding not just of homelessness legislation but other statutory sources in order to fully advise and support the team. Louise Capaldi-Tallon or Sianne Riches louise.capaldi-tallon@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk - 01305 557367 sianne.riches@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk - 01202 868259

This is a full time role at 37 hours per week.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders.

See our adult safeguarding policy.

Keywords : Dorchester jobs
Closed Date : 2026-01-11