Assistant Team Leader

Lime Property Ventures; Kingswood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing service provider in Kingswood is seeking a leader to enhance services aimed at reducing homelessness and improving outcomes for vulnerable adults. This role involves managing staff, ensuring quality support, and delivering trauma-informed care. Candidates should possess a commitment to support individuals in housing need and have the ability to motivate a team. Benefits include up to 30 days holiday and career development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual holiday rising to 30 days

Paid day off for birthday and volunteer day

Access to training and development

Company pension

Life Assurance

Health cash plan

Free onsite car parking

Qualifications

• Commitment and enthusiasm to support individuals in housing need.
• Ability to apply safeguarding procedures for safety.
• Understanding of trauma's effects on wellbeing.
• Skills to manage and motivate a team.
• Resilience and a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to reduce homelessness and improve outcomes.
• Manage RSAP staff and promote professional development.
• Monitor quality of support and housing management.
• Ensure building maintenance and health compliance.
• Collect data and produce reports for the council.
• Deliver trauma-informed support for Local Authority placements.
• Work across services to maintain support delivery.

Skills

Commitment to supporting people in housing need

Understanding of safeguarding procedures

Ability to understand the effects of trauma

Team management and motivation

Personal resilience and flexibility

Job description

Elim Housing Association is a provider of housing and support services in the West of England and Gloucestershire, our vision is ‘to meet housing needs and deliver homes that change people’s lives’. Elim’s aim for its customers is to ensure that the housing and services Elim provide serve as a platform for growth, facilitating all our customers to achieve their aspirations.In this way, we make our homes truly life changing by ensuring that our service has a positive impact long after a person has left Elim accommodation.

What you will be doing:

• Working with the Team Leader to provide leadership to services that are designed to reduce repeat homelessness and improve outcomes for vulnerable adults.
• Provide direct line management for the RSAP staff, direction, support, and coaching for the South Glos staff team, promoting, and supporting ongoing professional development.
• Supporting the Team Leader to monitor the quality of support and housing management delivered by the team, via the use of outcome tools and systems, reviewing impact and ensuring a psychologically informed approach underpins support work.
• Be responsible for the maintenance and security of the buildings under your remit, in line with our Health and Safety compliance framework.
• Supporting the Team Leader to ensure data is collected by the team and produce monthly and quarterly reports for the South Gloucestershire Council in line with contractual requirements.
• Deliver centred and trauma informed support for people placed by the Local Authority
• Working across services as and when required to ensure the delivery of the wider support service is maintained. Driving license and access to a vehicle are essential.

What you will need to be successful:

• A commitment and enthusiasm to supporting people in housing need
• The ability to understand and apply safeguarding procedures to ensure customers and colleagues are safe
• An understanding of the role that the effect of trauma has on people’s development, emotional and physical wellbeing
• The ability to develop the skills to manage and motivate a team of colleagues
• Personal resilience, flexibility and willingness to develop your knowledge and skills

Benefits you will receive:

• 25 days annual holiday rising to 30 days.
• Paid day off for your birthday and volunteer day each year.
• Access to training and career development through Elim Skills Academy
• Company pension.
• Life Assurance.
• Health cash plan, which includes discounts to a wide range of shops and services.
• Free onsite car parking

We are unable to offer work permit sponsorships

For more details on the role and to apply please visit our website https://www.elimhousing.co.uk/Jobs/ElimJobs/ . We want to ensure we are accessible for all applicants interested in a career at Elim. If you need any assistance with your application or are unable to access our website, please contact HR on 01454532334.

Only applications received through our website will be considered.

Units 3 & 4, Pinkers Court,
Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester Road,
Rudgeway, South Gloucestershire
BS35 3QH
Call: 01454 411172
Email: [e-mail]

Elim Housing is a socially responsible business delivering quality homes and support services which positively change people's lives.

We engage and innovate, and work in collaboration with others to enhance the wellbeing and independence of individuals and communities.