Cohort Lead (PO2)

Job Description

Job Category :Housing
Location : Civic Centre, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £28.09

Enfield’s Position:

• As of 10/05 there were 211 households with children in shared accommodation. Around 150 of these have been in hotels for 6wks+ breaching statutory duty
• 33 children are subject to children’s service support and TA is interfering with our statutory responsibilities also subject to challenge from the Children’s Commissioner
• There are 31 JRs received between January – March 2023 which we can’t defend. These are costly and drain capacity.
• Families are vulnerable and the placements are affecting schooling, employment, care plans directly – in addition to clear overall negative impacts on wellbeing and mental health.

We are therefore looking for a Cohort Lead (PO2) to provide operational oversight over a team of officers allocated to support the reduction of B&B and temporary accommodation.

Job Specifics – Skills, Experience, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential:

1. Detailed knowledge of current and emerging housing legislation and case law related to housing advice issues including private sector landlord and tenant law, security of tenure, homelessness law, housing benefit and other welfare benefit regulations, possession proceedings in the county court including court procedure rules,
2. Significant experience of deciding homeless applications in accordance with Part 7 Housing Act 1996
3. Experience of successfully dealing with members, MPs enquiries and complex solicitors enquiries etc.
4. Experience in researching, interpreting and explaining complex legislation and policy.
5. Ability to plan and maximise use of resources and manage a budget effectively to deliver quality services
6. Experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary environment and in partnership with other staff agencies to ensure that the needs of the customer are met
7. Ability to work using own initiative as part of a team while, managing workloads efficiently, prioritising work and adopting a flexible approach to changing and competing demands

Desirable:
8. Experience of costing, instigating, developing and managing new initiatives, projects and schemes including post implementation evaluation.
9. Experience in managing and leading a team i.e. recruitment of staff, writing job descriptions, induction, appraisals, disciplinary issues, absence monitoring, staff training and development, monitoring staff caseloads, motivating teams/individual /staff, setting objectives/targets, performance management etc.