Job Title: Team Manager
Location: High Wycombe
Salary: Salary £33,570 – £37,179 per annum, pro rata, dependent on experience.
Job Type: Permanent.
Working Hours: 18.75 hours per week
At Connection Support, our team of staff members and volunteers work alongside people to overcome life’s challenges, with the goals of solving homelessness and achieving independence. We do this through our values of empowerment, collaboration, compassion and taking a personalised approach in all aspects of our work.
HITPAD is a Young Peoples Supported Accommodation Service, supporting 27 clients across Buckinghamshire in shared and self-contained accommodation. We are currently recruiting a Team Manager to join our small friendly team.
About the role.
Working with a wide range of young people (16-24), with varying needs, who are or are at risk of homelessness, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our young people’s service. This will include managing a team of Support Workers, monitoring outcomes, contractual compliance, ensuring the effective running of the service and supporting the Operations Manager when needed.
You will have responsibility for working closely with our facilities team to make sure the accommodation meets regulations, and you will liaise with landlords, neighbours, police and local district councils to manage any issues that may arise.
Your empathetic understanding will ensure you encourage and promote dignity, independence, and control, to empower the young people to have purpose, and develop their skills so they are able to live their lives independently.
This role is permanent working 18.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday across Buckinghamshire.
Salary of £33,570 – £37,179 per annum, pro rata, working across Buckinghamshire. You will also need to support on-call on occasion which is paid in addition to your annual salary.
Due to the nature of the role, a driver’s licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives
About you.
Your inspirational leadership and natural ability to want to improve outcomes for people and help make the lives of others fulfilling is what drives you to want to work in an environment that has its challenges but is also fun and rewarding.
You will have at least 2 years’ experience of working as a Team Manager in either homelessness, mental health, youth work, social work, supported accommodation, ex-offenders or other similar settings. In addition, your experience should include the supervision of staff, and you can demonstrate your understanding of the support planning, and monitoring outcomes process.
You are able to demonstrate your excellent communication and relationship building skills, understanding the importance of working directly with young people, getting to know them and working with their support networks, whilst using a multi-agency approach.
Why work for us?
We have been named as one of the top 25 charities to work for in the UK by Best Companies. The wonderful people at Connection Support are committed to supporting everyone in our society to become safely and sustainably housed, and to live as independently as possible, so you will be joining an organisation that makes a difference to its communities and will also support your development, offer extensive training, and truly value your dedication and commitment.
We also offer 30 days annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus bank holidays, sick pay, and an enhanced benefits package which includes cover on health benefits, the ability to sell a week’s annual leave, eco travel incentives, childcare discounts, retail discounts and much more.
Connection Support is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Connection Support is committed to being a proactively inclusive organisation and ensuring good EDEI practice is embedded in the workplace culture.
If you are interested in joining this amazing organisation and making a difference, then please do get in touch.
The closing date will be 10.00am on Tuesday 25th July. Interviews will take place week commencing 31st July.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early, so apply early if you’re interested.
