1. Is your Homelessness Team (often known as Housing Advice Service, Housing Options team etc) kept in house or subcontracted out to a charity/ private company?
Wokingham Borough Council’s Homelessness and Housing Needs Team is in house; however, we do have a commissioned service, who provide our in-reach and out-reach rough sleeping service.

2. How many staff are employed in that department?
There are 12 members of staff within the Homelessness and Housing Needs Team and there are 3 members of staff within the in-reach and out-reach rough sleeping.

3. Of those staff, how many are Housing Options Officers? (please include prevention officers, home visiting officers, reviews officers)
4 x Homelessness Prevention Officers, 1 x Homelessness and Housing Needs Specialist (Reviewing Officer), 1 x Rough Sleeping Co-ordinator, 2 x Housing Options Allocations Officer, 1 x Housing Needs (Medical Referrals) officer.

4. How many are managers within that team?
1 x Senior Homelessness and Housing Needs manager.