Housing Team Leader - Maidstone, United Kingdom - BDS Northern

BDS Northern

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

BDS are currently recruiting for an experienced Housing service Lead for a social justice charity to cover the Kent, Surrey and Sussex area.

35 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (with occasional evening cover for bail inductions.)

£18.91 per hour PAYE or £24.70 UMB

Service Lead to manage and lead a team of Support Workers to deliver high quality, effective supported housing services and housing management services to a range of service user groups (including those on Bail, prison leavers and those going through the criminal justice system) that meet their needs, contractual requirements and organisational financial targets.

You will be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of support planning and safeguarding as well as experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).

We are looking for a Manager who is able to prioritise tasks effectively; ensuring their team are supported, Service Users needs are prioritised and contractual KPI's are met.

You will need to be adaptable and highly organised to balance your time.

You will champion relationship mapping in your region, including developing links with supporting agencies, promoting CAS2 at external forums and being part of multi-agency meetings.

You will have previous line management experience and the ability successfully lead and line manage a team.

You will have excellent people skills, which will be inclusive of problem solving, and both written and verbal communication skills.

Effectively lead and deliver services which comply with the regulatory framework
Meeting service quality standards and ensuring your team are adhering to all operational and policy standards.
Be the accountable lead for the service.
Ensuring all service user support and safety plans are in place, are in date and reflect individual needs
Ensuring your staff team understand and meet the agreed financial standards on voids, arrears and re-lets.
Acting as a lead operational partner liaising with other agencies, partners and commissioners as required.

Agreeing service level agreements with external agencies that can provide specialist support to your service and build and maintain effective working relationships both externally and internally.

Work collaboratively with other internal support services -such as Quality, Policy and Safeguarding as well as Finance, IT and HR in order to ensure we are providing the best service to our users.

Promoting service user involvement in service design and Delivery.
Managing the rota and on-call arrangements to ensure that appropriate support is in place and participate in that rota.

Full job spec available on request,
Temporary ongoing position, initially through to the end of May with the possibility of being extended.

Please call Kirsty for further information or send your CV for immediate consideration for the role

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent, Temporary contract

Salary:
£18.91-£24.70 per hour

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