Job Description:

Job information Supported Living Officer from the Company MSV Housing Group, this latest Supported Living Officer job vacancy is located in the city Manchester M located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Supported field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Hours of Work: 35 per week

Closing date: 28th June 2024

Interviews: End of June 2024

We have an exciting opportunity within our Supported Living Team as a Supported Living Officer.

Reporting to the Supported Living Manager you will liaise with Partners, referral agents and local authorities and follow our policies and procedures co-ordinating the management, allocation and letting of properties within our supported schemes.

You will monitor the performance of managing agents and supported providers, in line with agreements in place. Ensuring income maximisation, safeguarding procedures, and compliance and that. Ensuring all schemes are adhering to a good standard of Health and Safety completing regular Health and Safety checks. You will ensure void properties are re-allocated in line with our policies and procedures and agreed timescales though effective communication skills you will control rent arrears to ensure income maximisation.

What we are looking for;

• Good standard of general education with minimum of 5 GCSEs, or equivalent at Grade C or above, including GCSE's in Maths and English

• Experience working in supported/housing management engaging with tenants with various levels of ability

• Experience in successful working with other agencies

• Understanding of Landlord/tenant/support - care providers and managing agents' relationships and responsibilities

• Customer focused and a desire to provide services to a high standard

You will be required to attend our schemes across the northwest therefore a valid driving licence will be required.

We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based in the a supported living team and working with housing project for vulnerable adults, an enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy's candidate pack.

We offer a range of great benefits including:

• Essential car user allowance to support you with car running costs

• Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided

• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.

• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions

• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.

• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay

• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives

• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.

• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career

• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.

For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/

If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Lorna Davis, Supported Living Manager on 07793782651.

Interviews are scheduled to take on a date to be confirmed however they may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.

We're passionate about inclusion and we'd love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.

We own and manage almost 9,000 homes in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire. Our growth aspirations are to respond to the housing crisis in the North West, by assisting the millennial generation locked out of decent homes, the elderly, those on low incomes, those in need of specialist housing, first-time buyers, and people who are ‘rightsizing'.

Keywords : Manchester jobs

Closed Date : 2025-02-07