South Gloucestershire Team Leader

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

Job summary

A housing and support service provider in South Gloucestershire seeks a leader to manage services aimed at reducing homelessness. The role involves overseeing a team, ensuring quality support, and maintaining safety standards. Ideal candidates should demonstrate commitment to helping those in need and have skills in team management. Comprehensive benefits include generous annual leave, personal development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25 days annual holiday rising to 30 days

Paid day off for your birthday

Volunteering day each year

Access to training through Elim Skills Academy

Company pension

Health cash plan with discounts

Qualifications

• Commitment to supporting individuals in housing need.
• Ability to apply safeguarding procedures effectively.
• Understanding trauma's impact on development and wellbeing.
• Skills to manage and motivate a team.
• Willingness to develop knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead services to reduce repeat homelessness and improve outcomes.
• Manage staff and support professional development.
• Monitor quality of support and housing management.
• Ensure building maintenance and security.
• Collect data and report to South Gloucestershire Council.
• Deliver trauma-informed support for individuals.
• Work across services to maintain delivery.

Skills

Supporting people in housing need

Understanding of safeguarding procedures

Understanding trauma's effect on wellbeing

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:

• Provide leadership to services that are designed to reduce repeat homelessness and improve outcomes for vulnerable adults.
• Provide direct line management for the staff team, promoting, and supporting ongoing professional development.
• 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.
• 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

Elim recognises our highly skilled and dedicated colleagues are our greatest asset in achieving our vision. Elim colleagues benefit from:

• 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

Downloadable Documents

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.