Full-time Permanent Manager
Description Supported Housing Squared Homes
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Participating in a planned on-call rota with Team Leaders, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, responding to emergency incidents and providing timely advice, direction and decision-making.
Location: Luton (agile working across oursupported housing properties)
Essential Car User Allowance paid in addition to mileage reimbursement
About Squared
Squared is a not-for-profit housing association supporting communities across Luton and South Bedfordshire since 1962. We are a welcoming, inclusive organisation where people feel valued, supported and empowered to make a real difference.
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with service (up to 38 days)
- Option to buy or sell up to 5 days leave
- Free Health Cashplan (after probation)
- Canada Life WeCare Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme (Squared contributes 1.33% of employee contribution up to 8%)
- Life Assurance
- Staff benefits portal with shopping discounts
- Essential Car User Allowance (in addition to mileage payments)
- Flexible, supportive working approach
About Supported Housing
Supported Housing is a vital part of Squared Housing's service delivery. We provide tailored support to Luton residents living in our temporary and shared accommodation. Adopting a person centred coaching approach, we aim to empower customers to help themselves in a secure, safe and stable environment. With the appropriate support, we work toward customers achieving their own best potential and enabling a smooth transition into successful independence in the community.
About the Role
Supported Housing is a crucial part of the business. As a Service Manager you will have responsibility for oversight of the ongoing management of the secure, safe and supported accommodation provided to all by the 'Team Leaders' and 'Support Coaches' to deliver the best possible outcomes for our customers.
Excelling in both written and verbal communications, you will be responsible for leading the Hostel Services Team, ensuring our customers receive only excellent service.
You will promote and ensure a psychologically informed way of working by all to provide a service which is flexible and adaptive to the changing needs of customers and the team.
You will lead your team, empowering them to work collaboratively to provide consistent boundaries and a traumainformed approach to practical honest support, good housing management and strong financial control; working closely with our Independent Living Housing Services' team you will ensure the seamless provision of a complete housing and support solution to our customers throughout their personal journey with Squared.
Working with Luton community support groups, LBC, partner agencies and our internal organisational expertise, you will be responsible for ensuring your team have the tools, support and adequate resource to provide a safe environment in which to build a customer's confidence and promote opportunities for positive change and development.
You will be expected to set clear objectives for your team delivering measured outcomes for the business as you build on your personal development and as the role evolves.
You will report directly to the Head of Homes providing headline information with highlights of key business drivers, opportunities and threats to the ongoing success of the service and wider organisation.
What You'll Be Doing
- Having full oversight of the ongoing management of the secure, safe and supported accommodation provided to all customers by the Team Leaders and Support Coaches to deliver the best possible outcomes for our customers.
- Taking full line management responsibility for the mentoring, supervision and development of the Hostel Services Team Leaders, Hostel Coordinator, and specialist tendered services Support Coaches.
- Being responsible for ensuring the support and supervision delivered by the Team Leader and Support Coaches under them is relevant, responsible and follows best practice establishing and addressing learning and development needs.
- Working in collaboration with the Head of Homes and leadership team to contribute to the development and delivery of the 'Homes with Support' strategy and wider business objectives.
- Evaluating operational practices with due regard to risk, statutory and regulatory requirements and best practice to help improve the delivery of the business plan to drive continuous improvement and security.
- Identifying and assessing opportunities for operational innovation and continuous service improvements, including working practices and data management.
- Overall responsibility for streamlining and reviewing processes to increase output without increasing cost.
- Taking overall responsibility for the monitoring the management of void levels, rent collection, rent arrears and other key performance indicators; taking action to ensure targets are met and relevant Squared policies and procedures are followed.
- Oversight of ensuring risk issues are identified by the Team Leaders, cases are proactively managed safely, and Support Coaches are working collaboratively with customers and stakeholders to give the best outcomes.
- Ensuring safeguarding issues are addressed in accordance with Squared's Safeguarding policy while acting as the joint Senior Safeguarding Lead for the organisation.
- Ensuring all complaints are effectively dealt with, managed professionally by the team and monitored in line with Squared policies with the complainant kept informed at all times.
- Taking overall responsibility for ensuring that effective systems and procedures to support customers in their tenancies are established and maintained by the team. This will include undertaking internal audits; ensuring that up to date and accurate records, focused on tenancy sustenance, support, good housing management and strong financial control.
- Taking the lead liaising with all relevant external agencies, local authorities and other partners, including other Squared departments and stakeholders; to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction with our services, along with identifying grant and tender opportunities, and contributing to the preparation and delivery of the tender submission.
- Attending networking and partnership meetings to gain support and ideas from external organisations. Promoting the organisation's services to the wider community.
- Keeping up to date with legislation affecting the service; ensuring that the services comply with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements, policy and good practice in respect of day-to-day operation.
- Escalating cases through legal frameworks as necessary; including attending and representing the organisation as a landlord in court and all solicitor communication as required.
- Accountability for the overall budget and income management of your services and your team's responsibility for delivery. You will maintain regular reviews, checks and balances to ensure progress against targets. You will take an active role in rent and service charge reviews, internally and externally of the organisation.
- Accountability for identifying, setting, measuring and monitoring key performance indicators for your services ensuring your team are fully engaged in the performance objectives that are required to deliver them.
- Taking overall responsibility for producing regular performance monitoring reports internally and externally, acting where performance improvement is required, being responsible for meeting any requirements highlighted through audits and reporting to the leadership team on a regular basis.
- Working closely with the Hostel Coordinator and Finance department to ensure sound income management and accurate well managed customer accounts and tenure.
- Working closely with the Landlord and Property Service team to ensure the correct management of voids, repairs and compliance.
- Ensuring your team are equipped to fully inform the residents of their rights and responsibilities regarding the service and are enabled and empowered to participate in service improvements.
- Managing your team's understanding and adherence of all Squared's policies and procedures, including health and safety, compliance, business continuity planning and fairness.
- Always acting in accordance with the Squared values - being a champion of a values led culture and an ambassador for the organisation.
About You
We're looking for someone who is:
You will play an integral role in the ongoing development and success of Squared as we develop and grow as an organisation.
As a Service Manager, excelling in both written and verbal communications, you will have to be driven, well motivated and possess the skills, knowledge and determination to lead a team. You will insist on a commitment to meet the needs of the business and our customers through the delivery of well planned, high quality services.
You will be a proactive and motivated, hard working self starter. You will be organised, efficient, able to work quickly and accurately under pressure whilst always maintaining excellent customer care. You will be resilient in the face of challenges, with a positive outlook and ability to motivate others.
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