Job Description

Aids and Adaptations Surveyor

£56.53 per hour (Umbrella Inside IR35)

Central Bedfordshire Council

5 month initial contract (with a view to extend)

Role Overview:

Manage all referrals for aids and adaptations for council tenants with disabilities, ensuring properties are suitable for necessary adaptations and overseeing the entire process from assessment to completion. You'll collaborate with occupational therapists (OTs), tenants, and contractors to deliver high-quality adaptations while managing budgets and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

·Manage referrals for aids and adaptations for council tenants with disabilities

·Conduct site visits with OTs to assess property suitability for adaptations

·Provide specialist advice on property adaptations

·Collate information for senior management to approve major adaptations

·Refer tenants to the Tenancy Sustainment Team for possible relocation

·Assess potential void properties for adaptation viability

·Prepare specifications for minor adaptations (wet rooms, ramped access, door widening, etc.)

·Inspect and sign off completed adaptation works to meet council and OT requirements

·Manage Aids and Adaptations budget, ensuring contractor invoices are accurate and works are completed to standard

·Monitor contractor performance, ensuring compliance with specifications, targets, and safety standards

To be successful:

·UK Resident

·Minimum 2 years working within a public sector organisation

·Have an HND / HNC or equivalent professional qualification in a building surveying or a related subject or be qualified by experience in a similar role.

·Experience of delivering disabled adaptations projects within agreed timescales and with quality outcomes, including effective planning, managing and monitoring programs of work.

·Good knowledge of Building Regulations, asbestos awareness and Health & Safety legislation

·Ability to plan and deliver building works including effective planning, managing and monitoring programs of work for disabled occupants

·Knowledge of the legislative and procedural frameworks within which the Disabled Facilities Grants operate.

If you are interested in this role, please apply with your CV