Description
Housing and Homelessness Service
Team Leader – Household Support and Advice – Homelessness & Housing Access
Multiple Locations across City
Salary: £39,129 - £46,023
Hours: 36 per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Household Support Team Leader to join the Household Support and Advice service area. Contributing to the Council's prevention and early intervention approaches to addressing poverty and homelessness, antisocial behaviour and community safety, you will be part of a wider service area seeking to develop, deliver and improve integrated services to individuals and households through leading a team of Household Support Workers.
A service with a broad and varied remit, our Household Support team takes an innovative and unique approach to responding to antisocial behaviour and community safety as well as wider societal issues such as poverty and maximising household income, access to education and community support utilising a 'No Wrong Door' approach.
At its heart, our Household Support team is a preventative and early intervention service which seeks to address the root causes of antisocial behaviour and housing needs by offering a range of holistic supports, including Housing Support, Family Support and Mediation.
You will support a team of Household Support Workers who work closely with individuals, families, groups, communities and partners to promote a restorative approach to neighbour disputes, social inclusion and community involvement.
You will be a multi-tasker, have good organisational skills, be experienced in managing change, and someone who can communicate with a broad range of individuals and groups.
You will have an approach to your work that both supports and challenges staff to empower and enable them to reach their potential.
This post requires registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as a Housing Support Supervisor. You will be qualified to SVQ level 4 (SCQF 8) in a relevant field or equivalent or be willing to work towards gaining the relevant qualification to enable SSSC registration. You will have some knowledge of the relevant National Care Standards or of the Scottish Antisocial Behaviour legalisation and be willing to gain the relevant knowledge and understanding. We value continuous professional develop so a commitment to your on-going learning and development is expected.
If you are looking to develop your leadership and management experience and skills, want to be part of unique and innovative approaches to delivering integrated Housing Support services to address poverty, homelessness, and antisocial behaviour, this could be the role for you.
If you wish to speak about the role and want more information, contact Scott Watson at
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
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As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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