Sheltered Housing Manager

Abbeyfield Group; England; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing and care provider is seeking a Sheltered Housing Manager in Ulverston to oversee groups of elderly residents. Responsibilities include managing tenancy agreements and ensuring a safe environment while developing local marketing activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in social care, staff management, and budget handling. This role offers a salary of £28,500, alongside various benefits such as paid leave and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Up to 31 days paid leave

Healthcare expense claims

Life Assurance

Pay progression

Career development opportunities

Company pension

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience working in a sheltered housing or health and social care environment.
• Ability to manage and lead a small team effectively.
• Experience managing budgets and controlling costs.

Responsibilities

• Manage elderly residents and ensure a positive accommodation experience.
• Maximise rental income and control staff costs.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and internal policies.

Skills

Experience in sheltered housing or social care

Staff management skills

Budget management experience

Computer literate (Microsoft Office)

Education

Qualification in sheltered housing or social care

Job description

Posted Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 01:00 | Expires Thursday 1 January 2026 at 00:59

For almost 70 years, Abbeyfield Living Society has been a leading provider of housing and care for older people across England. We're dedicated to exceptional care, and we know it starts with an exceptional team.

Are you someone who thrives on making a difference? Join us and build a rewarding career where your skills and compassion truly matter.

Role: Sheltered Housing Manager
Location: Ulverston
Contract: Perm
Hours: 32 Hours per week
Salary: £ 28,500

The Roleof Sheltered Housing Manager

• You’ll have responsibility for groups of elderly residents and man-aging the provision of tenancy agreements, ensuring a positive accommodation experience in a safe living environment. And you’ll be developing and implementing local marketing activities to promote your Houses to secure a high reputation in the community, developing relationships with referral agencies and key partners working in social care.
• You will need to maximise rental income, by ensuring high occupancy levels, and any resident debt is minimised. Equally, you will need to control staff costs by effective management of staff budgets, rotas and timesheets. Additionally, you’ll need to have an eye on other property related costs, such as utilities and consumables, in line with budget.
• Finally, you'll play a key part in ensuring that the Houses comply fully with all relevant regulations, internal Abbeyfield policies and processes, and that there is an effective internal audit programme to assure compliance.

About You

• Naturally you’ll need to have experience working in a sheltered housing, health or social care environment. And ideally, an appropriate qualification in sheltered housing and or social care would be an advantage, together with an understanding of relevant Housing legislation, assured short‑hold tenancy management and landlord and tenant obligations.
• You will have experience of effectively managing staff. In each location you will have a small team of Housekeepers, Cooks and General Assistants reporting to you. In short, you’ll need to ensure that there are sufficient staff in the right places at the right time to ensure service provision.
• You must be able to manage customer expectations, by balancing the needs of residents with business need. And preferably, you will have a good understanding of national health and social care strategies for older people.
• You’ll also have had experience managing budgets, particularly securing sustainable income and controlling costs. And given the team you’ll be managing across multiple sites, strong staff management skills are key. In short, you’ll know how to get the best from people.
• As you’d expect in a modern working environment, you will need to be computer literate, and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Why Join Abbeyfield Living Society?

We’re committed to recognising and rewarding our team members. Working with us comes with a range of benefits, including:

• Up to 31 days paid leave pro rata, including bank/public holidays
• Claim back healthcare expenses with Medicash
• Life Assurance
• Pay progression within role based on skills and contribution
• Learning and career development opportunities
• Company pension
• Discounted gym membership
• Striving for independent accreditation as a menopause friendly organisation
• Opportunity to obtain Blue Light Card discounts

Please note this role will require eligibility to work in the UK, two satisfactory employment references and a basic DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Abbeyfield. You may be asked to provide details regarding convictions; failure to disclose convictions may result in an offer of employment being revoked.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.