Housing Needs & Homelessness Manager - Housing


Company:	ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD
Salary:	£19.68 to £19.68 an hour
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Newport, PO30 1UD
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	18 Aug 2026
Closing date:	17 Sept 2026

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Summary

Lead, develop and manage the team, ensuring high performance, quality decision-making, and continuous improvement.
Ensure the quality, legality, and timeliness of homelessness assessments, decisions, and placements.
Deliver homelessness prevention initiatives, ensuring early intervention and effective partnership working.
Oversee the quality, and health and safety of temporary accommodation, ensuring suitability and safeguarding considerations.
Support provision of responses to legal challenges, complaints, and Ombudsman enquiries relating to the service.

Minimum 3 days on site, 2 days remote max

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Reference OR112254

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to Beth@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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