Organisation:  

Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (KCAH) 

Location:  

Kingston upon Thames 

Contract type:  

One year fixed term 

Hours:  

36 

Salary:  

 £33,862 

Deadline for applications:  

Tuesday 1st December 2020 - 12:00pm 

Interviews will be week commencing 7th December 2020 

We are looking for an organised, motivated and engaged manager with the energy to set up a new harm reduction, residential centre for seven people who have recently experienced rough sleeping and who have problematic issues around drug and alcohol. This is a fantastic opportunity for a manager with experience in the drug and alcohol field to help create and establish a bespoke service based on a strength-based approach which simultaneously addresses homelessness and addiction in our efforts to reduce rough sleeping in Kingston upon Thames. 

As the Service Manager, you will: 

• Lead a team where care and compassion resonate throughout the service. 

• Be responsible for directly managing the staff team and oversee their casework. 

• Develop and manage positive partnerships with key agencies across Kingston. 

• Be responsible for ensuring the finances of the service are well managed and that all relevant policies and legislation are followed. 

• Work alongside the Operational Director and CEO to manage the service’s performance against contracts. 

We are looking for someone who is: 

• Strength-based and client-focussed. 

• Able to organise the operations of a new, complex, busy service. 

• A decisive and effective leader, invested in people, builds on the team’s strengths and leads by example. 

• An excellent communicator, able to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners. 

KCAH is committed and driven to helping people who have experienced homelessness to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness in Kingston and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people. 

As well as striving to always offer a great working environment, we also provide: 

• Support to develop your leadership and strategic skills 

• A contributory pension scheme 

• 26 days holiday and 8 paid bank holidays 

KCAH is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity and we welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community.

Zetetick Housing (ZHC) is seeking a highly experienced Head of Finance (HoF) to provide consistent, robust and expert financial support to the Exectutive Team. A new exciting role offering opportunities to help shape our future.

You will be expected to take on executive functions and provide operational line management to the finance team. Working closely with the finance team, the HoF will be accountable for all aspects of financial accounting and transactional finance for the Charity, ensuring all systems are updated and reporting is timely and in line with all annual financial returns.

This is a hands-on role working with the Executive team to develop and maintain a five-year business plan and associated budgets to meet the Boards strategic objectives for development and sustainability in operational and educational areas. 

You will be expected to develop new standard operating procedures, policies and protocols where needed for an organisation that has grown organically and intends to grow further, handling all aspects of finance recruitment.

The HoF will support the CEO in all aspects of our Company Secretarial obligations, in particular acting in similar capacity for the Chair of the Audit, Risk & Finance Committee.

This is a great time to join ZHC Executive team, as the Board sets ambitious goals to double in size over the next 5-7 years, as well as seeking approved registration as a Registered Provider with the Regulator for Social Housing.

As the UK’s only specialist substance misuse charity and housing association, Phoenix are experts in delivery of recovery housing. Our Independent Living services provide accommodation and support to individuals in recovery from drug and alcohol dependency.

The role involves supporting a range of tenants living in independent properties across London in addition to working with colleagues based in our innovative supported housing projects.

Candidates will ideally have experience of working within housing and will possess knowledge and understanding of substance misuse. Successful candidates will be proactive and forward thinking with keen insight into rent and arrears management and health and safety requirements.  

Interview date 2nd December 2020

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis is committed to ensuring that people with lived experience of homelessness are involved in developing and delivering our services.

About the role
This is new role working within the Crisis Skylight Merseyside team, delivering a Liverpool City Region wide property procurement service working across the private and social rented sector. The aim is to engage both private and social landlords by promoting the benefits of working in partnership with Crisis Skylight Merseyside, increasing access to properties for Crisis members. The post holder will work in conjunction with Client Services and Best Practice colleagues to inform and shape best practice in securing affordable, sustainable homes for our members, and support its adoption across Crisis.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have an excellent understanding of the Liverpool City Region rental housing market along with an understanding of both the needs of social and private landlords and the barriers and opportunities faces by people moving out of homelessness and into housing. You will have experience of sourcing and procuring properties and the ability to negotiate and broker agreements effectively. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of issues affecting homeless or vulnerably housed individuals along with a commitment to empowering individuals with complex needs.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8% (subject to annual increase)
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date:  Sunday 6 December 2020 (23:59)
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 22nd December 2020. 
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Through our pioneering research into the causes and consequences of homelessness and the solutions to it, we know what it will take to end it, together, in our lifetimes. Crisis is committed to ensuring that people with lived experience of homelessness are involved in developing and delivering our services.
Crisis Skylight South Wales are a dynamic innovative team that go the extra mile to support people out of their homelessness for good. Our experienced team work closely to provide a wraparound service that is personally tailored to individual needs. Our innovative housing, education, employment and well-being services address individual needs and help people who are homeless transform their lives.

About the role
It’s a role requiring a creative approach as you will work to build and develop successful relationships with social and private landlords to maximise the supply of suitable and sustainable homes across Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, for our members, enabling them to move towards ending their homelessness.
You will work collaboratively with the Skylight team to increase the supply of good quality homes for our members, to identify appropriate matches of tenants and properties and will ensure tenants receive the support they need to sustain their homes and that landlord relationships are nurtured. You will contribute to the delivery of our Rapid Rehousing work and our Critical Time Intervention pilot working with HMP Swansea supporting prison leavers into accommodation and preventing homelessness on release from custody.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have excellent understanding of the South Wales housing market. You will understand the needs of both social and private landlords and the barriers and opportunities faced by people moving out of homelessness and into housing. You will have outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to mediate between parties who may have different priorities and to broker agreements.
You’re known for your creative approach to solving problems and you have experience of sourcing, procuring, allocating homes and making tenancies work for tenants and landlords. The ability to develop, build and maintain key relationships is essential.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8% (subject to annual increase)
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 29th November 2020

Interviews will be held on Friday 11th December 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Badenoch + Clark is pleased to be working on behalf of a disability charity, based in Hampshire, recruiting for an experienced Project Manager- Care. As Project Manager you will be accountable for the delivery of a new Care Model, which includes project oversight of developing; quality of care, staffing structures, housing adaptions, tenancies, benefits, policies, and processes amongst other things. The purpose of the role is to hold the overall responsibility for driving and overseeing the delivery of this project to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and delivered on time, to agreed quality standards and within budget.Reporting to the Director of Care the post-holder will be working in a complex project environment and will need to ensure robust project infrastructure is in place underpinned by governance and assurance processes. The role will also require the post-holder to drive, influence and work with various stakeholders to ensure agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.Principle duties include: *Responsible for undertaking day to day management of the project and the charities stakeholders*Ensuring an effective governance and assurance framework is in place to support decision making and ensure regular reporting on progress through pro-active engagement *Accountable for the financial performance of the project*Ensuring that all project stakeholders have clear expectations and the support they need to achieve their objectives, addressing and individual or team performance or capability issues in a timely mannerThis opportunity demands for an accomplished project manager with the demonstrable ability to lead strategically through periods of transformation. The desired candidate will also hold experience operating within a care regulatory environment.If you are looking to take your career to the next level, please apply with your CV and we will be in touch. We look forward to hearing.
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About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
As a Learning Manager, you will be someone who is passionate about the role learning and skills development has in ending and preventing homelessness. We are looking for somebody who has the experience of managing and delivering a high quality education offer, can ensure continuous quality improvement in the learning provision, in line with OCNWMR approved provider and Matrix Standards. As part of the leadership at Crisis Skylight Birmingham, you will have the commitment and drive to support the implementation of a vision whose end goal is to see as many people have their homelessness end as possible through an excellent Skylight offer.  

About you
To be successful in this role you will have a teaching qualification or qualified practitioner e.g. Social Work, Housing, Youth & Community with significant experience in developing services & leading teams in Adult Education settings. Your personal values will underpin your work and align with those of Crisis and our vision of seeing homelessness end.  

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please Click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 29th November 2020 (11.59pm)
Interviews will be held on Friday 11th December 2020

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse? We are looking for an experienced manager with excellent communication and organisational skills to help us realise our vision of a world free from domestic abuse through the development and delivery of effective specialist services. 

With primary responsibility for our community outreach and helpline services, this is a demanding role where you must be able to manage complex and conflicting priorities.  You will be involved in multi agency and partnership working so building strong relationships is essential as is motivating and leading a team of committed front line professionals. 

You must be able to demonstrate extensive management experience (both people and services), ideally within the charity sector, and knowledge of issues relating to domestic abuse would be advantageous.  Practical experience and understanding of how to support individuals affected by trauma whilst maintaining professional boundaries is vital.  If you are calm, pragmatic and passionate about working in this field, this could be the challenge you’ve been waiting for.

This is a 36 hour per week post (Monday to Friday) with some flexibility required to attend meetings/undertake work outside of core hours.  In addition there will be an element of paid on call responsibility.  Your Sanctuary offers training opportunities, 25 days annual leave, a contributory pension scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme and a dynamic and engaging workplace.

Successful applicants must be able to drive, have access to a reliable car, and live within a maximum 45 minute driving distance from our office address in Woking.  This is so that occasional emergency on call rota responsibilities can be fulfilled in the rare event of a call out to our premises for urgent support requirements.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis Skylight Brent works with people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our services include progression and housing support, a wellbeing offer, arts and learning activities and employment support. Alongside our frontline service offer, we develop and lead strategy and partnership projects to deliver positive change for homeless people in Brent.

We are planned to move to new premises in Brent in May 20 alongside this we will be also reviewing our services to ensure those are align with the evolving needs of the people we work with and with Crisis’ new vision for its services. It is therefore an exciting time to join our team and play a part in supporting this transition.

About the role
As the Progression Manager, you will be overseeing Brent’s progression and resettlement services. You will be working as part of the local management team in reviewing our services and driving change to ensure an impactful service that support ending of homelessness to more local people.
This is an exciting role in a fast-paced delivery environment for an experienced homelessness sector manager passionate about delivering quality services for the most excluded members of our community.

This position is a 2 year fixed-term contract

About you
To be successful in this role you will

- Have experience of delivering or managing high quality information, advice and guidance
- Understanding of the barriers faced by homeless people and using effective case management, solution-focused approaches to ensure the optimum outcomes for homeless people
- An understanding of coaching approaches and the ability to ensure coaching interventions are being delivered to a high standard
- Demonstrable experience of managing and developing staff in effective case management, including driving targets and allocating staff resources effectively
- Experience of supporting and embedding change in service delivery

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 
 - Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
 - Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
 - 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team. Contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Monday 30th November 2020 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on 16th / 17th December 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

We have an exciting specialist role within the organisation, delivering the successful Housing First Model to some of the most vulnerable rough sleepers in the London Borough of Redbridge (Ilford, Essex).

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

Housing First is an innovative approach, proven to successfully support people with repeat histories of homelessness and who experience multiple disadvantages, into independent and stable accommodation.  Once housed, they are provided with the supportive services and connections to community-based support, so that they can sustain their housing and avoid returning to homelessness.

Your role as a Specialist Housing First Worker will require you to work alongside a wider team involving other Specialist Housing First Workers, Navigators and Managers, to ensure support is delivered to most the vulnerable rough sleepers in the Borough.  You will be responsible for managing a small caseload of up to 7 clients, providing them with one to one intensive support that will be offered within the client’s home as well as within the community.

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, proactive and adept at developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.Additionally, you will have an understanding of the core principles of the Housing First Model and work actively to ensure that these principles are at the heart of achieving positive outcomes for our clients. Along with a good working knowledge of London's private rented market and the current welfare system, you will also have a passion for supporting highly vulnerable adults with complex or multiple health needs.

If you want to be part of a high-performing service and are keen to shape as well as prevent rough sleeping in Redbridge, then we would like to hear from you.We also welcome applications from people with experience and transferable skills in areas of work such as, tenancy sustainment, floating support or support work within an accommodation based settings.

Closing date: 6th December 2020 (at Midnight)

Interviews to be held on: 11th December 2020

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.   

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.

Are you an experienced finance assistant looking for a role broader than just finance? Would you thrive as a pivotal member of a small team supporting vibrant communities for older people to live independently?

We need you!

Abbeyfield Southern Oaks is a small but growing charity that aims to enhance the quality of life for older people through supported independent living, providing companionship and social interaction to diminish the effects of loneliness and isolation.

We have created this new role to support both our well-established sheltered houses and our new extra care facility, Nonsuch Abbeyfield, in Ewell, where this post is based.

We are looking for a reliable, organised Finance Assistant to take ownership of transactional finance and the day-to-day general office management and administrative aspects of running the organisation. You will have a positive attitude, a desire to work as efficiently as possible, and excellent communication skills. If you have worked in a fast-paced office and you enjoy establishing your own organisational systems, we are excited to talk with you. We are looking for someone who can operate effectively with little or no supervision and who can manage multiple tasks at once without becoming overwhelmed.

Why should you join Abbeyfield Southern Oaks?

• Starting salary £25,000 per annum
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• NEST pension scheme, 3% employer contribution
• Flexible working  

Please note that, for safeguarding purposes, all our roles require an enhanced DBS check.

If you think your skills match and you would like to be part of a dynamic and caring team, please send your CV with covering letter highlighting how you meet the job description and person specification.

Closing date: 30th November 2020 at 11.30 pm
Interview date: w/c 14th December 2020

Do you have excellent analytical skills and a good understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods and their appropriate application? Then join Shelter as an Assistant Research Officer and you could soon be playing an important role at the heart of our thriving Research team.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change - with individuals, in communities, across society - and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Part of our Campaigns ,Policy and Communications Division, Shelter's Research team develops innovative research, analytics and insight to identify opportunities to influence, drive policy change, evaluate the impact of our services and inform the organisation's strategic direction. As well as carrying out a range of work to identify the nature and causes of housing and homelessness problems, we also try to understand and anticipate future trends by analysing government policy and economic data. Evaluating Shelter's performance as a service provider and campaigning body is part of our remit too, so you can look forward to plenty of challenge and variety.

About the Role
Working closely with colleagues in the Research team, you'll play your part in a range of research projects in support of Shelter's strategic priorities. We'll also rely on you to provide research support to the wider division and wider organisation, to ensure Shelter uses data and research both innovatively and accurately to maximise impact. Developing ideas for new projects is an important aspect of the role too, as is presenting your research findings at conferences, seminars and training events. And, when it comes to undertaking analysis on a range of government and independent data sources on housing and homelessness, the economy and Shelter's work, again, we'll count on you to deliver.

About you
To succeed, you'll need a good understanding of, or a willingness to develop knowledge of, housing and homelessness issues. You'll also need a proven ability to interpret and analyse statistics and proficiency using Excel. Creative, innovative and commercially aware, you have what it takes to communicate influentially and confidently with a variety of audiences and build a network of good relationships. What's more, you enjoy working collaboratively for the good of a business and are keen to develop a thorough understanding of Shelter and the wider sector.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Do you have lived experience of mental health concerns and offending and the Criminal Justice System plus an interest in a career helping vulnerable adults with multiple and complex needs? Then join Shelter as a Peer Mentor and you could soon be playing an important role at the heart of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a brand new initiative.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Shelter is delivering a Peer Mentor Service in partnership with the Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Teams (Reach Out which is funded by NHS England). Reach Out is a partnership between Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT), South Staffordshire and Midlands Partnership NHS Trust and St Andrews Healthcare (SAH). Together they form the Accountable Care arrangement for managing and delivering forensic mental health care for West Midlands service users. Right now, they’re busy developing a new and innovative model of care working. Specifically, the new model will introduce a more personalised intensive outreach service and provide comprehensive and responsive support in the community that will focus on aiding recovery, enabling earlier discharge and reducing the likelihood of readmission to hospital.

About the Role
Shelter is responsible for delivering a Peer Mentor Service in partnership with the FIRST Teams that work with service users leaving Men’s medium and low secure services. These service users have been identified as being safe for early discharge or developing pathways for those “stuck” in secure care provision. Your role will be to support those going through the criminal justice system who are experiencing mental health concerns and enable them to achieve their personalised support outcomes. Along the way you’ll get to develop skills in working with clients with a variety of social and health needs, build relationships of trust and understand the importance of empowering them.

*The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post. We are unable to accept applications if the individual is still on license for a previous offence.

About you
A great opportunity to gain experience working with a lead provider of homelessness and housing advice and support while part of an exciting new programme, you’ll need relevant live experience that has included accessing support services. You’ll also need a good understanding of how these experiences have affected you. Indeed, we’ll rely on you to tap into your own experiences to identify barriers and gaps in services, how they could be improved and to identify good practice. Someone who has achieved goals that you have set in relation to multiple needs in order to reach your current level of stability, you’re client focused, enjoy working collaboratively and value others opinions. Basic computer skills and a desire to develop and learn new ones, are also required.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (HOUSING FIRST), OPPORTUNITY NOTTINGHAM, FRWK08 £21,150- £22,831, TEMPORARY TILL JUNE 2022, 37 HPW

Opportunity Nottingham is part of the National Fulfilling Lives Programme and is Big Lottery Funded until 2022. In Nottingham City, we deliver our work through a partnership of local agencies, of which Framework is the lead, and we exist to improve the lives of people with multiple and complex needs who may have had poor experiences of engaging with mainstream services. 

Beneficiaries of Opportunity Nottingham need to be experiencing at least three out of the following four complex needs:  homelessness, substance misuse, offending, and mental ill health. 

Housing First is an approach to housing clients with particular challenging housing need, seeking to provide good quality permanent housing to those who have been recurrently homeless and have been unsuccessful in supported accommodation. 

The model is in contrast to the ‘stepped approach’ to the provision of accommodation and grants a permanent tenancy at the outset rather than requiring tenants to succeed in other types of accommodation first. 

The main purpose of the job will be to coordinate intensive, person centered wrap around support for Opportunity Nottingham beneficiaries in Housing First tenancies.

The successful candidate will also work with beneficiaries to create Personal Development Plans and liaise with referring & partner provider agencies. This group of beneficiaries present challenges, therefore the team and its members need to be resilient, creative, flexible, patient, and persistent and, where required, assertive in their approach.

We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate:

• Experience of working with vulnerable people, particularly those with multiple needs

• Understanding of partnership working with external agencies

• Understanding of the range of services available to vulnerable people

• Understanding of the issues faced by people who are affected by: homelessness, substance misuse, mental ill health, and offending

• Ability to accurately plan and record work with beneficiaries

• Commitment with tolerance and flexibility.

• Excellent communication, liaison and negotiation skills

Opportunity Nottingham has a diverse team and we positively encourage applications from all communities.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.