Training for Local Authority Officers, Housing Association staff & Other Housing Professionals

This course will benefit managers responsible for staff who assess properties, housing officers, estate managers or private property managers.

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) was developed as a component of the Housing Act 2004 to replace the Fitness Standard. It has been in force since 2006 but has been given more bite due to the introduction of the Housing (Fitness for Habitation) Act 2018.

Who should attend?

Colleagues and their managers who either need to assess properties, or who visit them as part of their role to help them identify defects and hazards that may exist in the home.

Registered Providers use the course to help minimise or prevent risks and subsequent claims from tenants.

The course will help organisations come to terms with the practical application and implications of the Housing (Fitness for Habitation) Act 2018 and learn how it is interlinked with HHSRS.

By the end of this course, participants will understand the principles behind the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and will understand how to identify deficiencies and defects that could cause harm to the occupants.

Please note this is an awareness course and not suitable as a formal HHSRS qualification (please see our two day core competency course DASH Services - HHSRS Core Competency & therefore not suitable for those Officers who take enforcment action.

Course delivery

An online version of this course is available via Zoom.

Certification

Delegates will receive a certificate of attendance from DASH. This course provides evidence that a delegate has attended training and has demonstrated an acceptable understanding through their participation in course discussions.

Course content

The course has been designed to give delegates an overview of the standards that underpin the Fitness for Habitation and HHSRS along with an explanation of how they are applied during property inspections. The course will explore areas such as steps and stairs, overcrowding, fire safety, carbon monoxide, asbestos, electrical systems and environmental hazards. Equipping your staff with this knowledge will help them to identify potential safety risks and reduce the chance of rented homes – either council, housing association or private dwellings – failing the decent homes standard and reduce the scope for tenants to successfully claim from you for damages and legal costs.

The course covers:

• The Housing (Fitness for Habitation) Act 2018

• Principles behind the HHSRS and the link between the two

• The 29 Hazards • Identifying deficiencies and understanding risk

• Harm outcomes

• Practical examples of deficiencies in dwellings for group discussion

Learning aims

1. To introduce delegates to the Fitness for Habitation legislation.

2. To introduce the HHSRS and the link between it and the Fitness regime.

3. To give delegates the awareness to identify and report deficiencies.

4. To help the organisation understand how they need to adjust practice to incorporate the Fitness for Habitation legislation and the HHSRS.

The course is delivered in one day via Zoom

Next session:

To be arranged, if interested please contact Jack Taylor on 01332 642647 or email jack.taylor@derby.gov.uk

Cost:  £195.00 for non- subscribing delegates  or £150.00 for DASH Subscribers delegates

To enquire about setting up or registering your interest to attend a course please contact Jack Taylor on 01332 642647 or Email jack.taylor@derby.gov.uk

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