Homelessness Prevention & Assessment Team Leader

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. Weve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey then this could be the perfect job for you.

Homelessness Prevention & Assessment Team Leader

Fixed Term 12 months

About the Role:

An experienced and self-motivated Team Leader is required to provide consistent supervision/management of a team of officers responsible for the assessment prevention resolution of homelessness to households who are threatened with homelessness or who are homeless.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will have experience of team leadership in a Housing Options service (or similar) organisation and extensive knowledge of homeless legislation (Part VII of the Housing Act 1996/2002 and the Homeless Reduction Act 2018).

You will have a track record of leading and supporting including coaching and training.

You will also have experience of contributing to strategic outcomes and liaison with external and internal partners including Elected Members and MPs.

Preferably you will have experience of using the LOCATA HPA2 system.

We currently operate a hybrid working model with an expectation that the successful candidate with attend at the Council offices in Birkenhead 1-2 days per week.

If you wish to discuss this role or require further information please contact Neil Woodhouse on email

Interviews to take place on Monday 21^st September 2026.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. For this vacancy candidates must have an existing right to work in the UK before commencing employment. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.

If your skills knowledge or experience looks a little different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the role wed love to learn more about you - as subject to the skills knowledge or experience levels within the candidate pool we may explore a traineeship for this role.

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