FULL TIME - 37hrs Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm.Friday - 9am to 4:30pm. Car driver essentialArea covered - Havant and East HantsOn call duties. HCC social inclusion lot 3 - Hants East - provides supported accommodation for adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This service also provides community / in-reach support to individuals who are placed in temporary accommodation by East Hampshire Council or are having difficulties maintaining their tenancies in their own accommodation. Our aim is to provide person-centred support to our clients, empowering them to maintain their existing tenancies and / or gain the life skills they require to move on to more independent living. If you love working with people and are looking for a role where you can make a real difference in the lives of those you support, then this is the role for you! JOB PURPOSE To lead and be part of a team that supports our clients to keep them safe and help them achieve their goals. To provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES To support your team to achieve their potential through regular staff supervision, coaching, reflective practice and team meetings To assist the contract and performance manager with ensuring the service is fully operational, our clients are receiving the appropriate support, and service KPIs are met To be responsible for attendance management, performance management, quality assurance and any other staff related queries To attend meetings, working closely with other agencies, services, stakeholders or commissioners to provide high quality support, manage risks and support service funding To increase the presence of service in the local area, and engage with local communities and external partners to develop relationships, to identify how they can support us and our clients, maximise opportunities for clients as well as help us to win tenders and maintain contracts To plan your team's rota, taking training and absence into account to ensure capacity within the team to support clients and prioritise high risk management referrals To support your team where needed with their workload, and support a small caseload of clients To be involved in the recruitment of staff for your team To ensure an effective and timely response to all safeguarding issues taking appropriate action To collate data and generate reports where needed To support clients and staff in trauma informed and psychologically informed ways To adhere to safeguarding responsibilities, following our safeguarding policy and procedure, and those of relevant local authorities, ensuring these are followed at all times To help maintain health and safety, ensuring clients, visitors and buildings are safe in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, policy and procedures To provide basic first aid assistance until help arrives (full training is provided) To work confidently and efficiently when lone working To ensure accurate records on our client management system and compliance with GDPR through regular quality control check To maintain confidentiality To carry out any other reasonable duties required in the interest of the organisation ROLE REQUIREMENTS This role will require an Enhanced with Barred List(s) disclosure and barring service check is a requirement for this role. This would be completed on appointment of the role. This role will require a full drivers’ licence and access to a vehicle This role will require you to work flexibly across several sites This role will require you to work with clients on a one-to-one basis This role may require you to work nights and/or weekends This role will require you to lone work ESSENTIAL CRITERIA Experience of working in a residential or institutional or similar sector Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Clear verbal and written English Strong keyboard skills for data inputting Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word Confident and assertive manner Strong team working Ability to respond calmly to crisis Deal promptly with and effectively react to challenging situations Have an interest and genuine concern for homelessness and related issues DESIRABLE CRITERIA Experience of working in a leadership role Understanding of the complex support needs of people experiencing homelessness or those with complex needs Knowledge of voluntary and statutory agencies, housing regulations and the benefits system Understanding of risk assessment and person-centred, outcomes-based delivery We reserve the right to close our adverts early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment. We carry out preemployment checks such as DBS checks, Overseas police checks (where appropriate), reference checks, and CV gap querying for all new staff members.