2 months contract with a local authority
Job Purpose
- Oversee a 32 bed complex needs service through a decant.
- Provide high quality accommodation for residents facing multiple disadvantage.
- Empower the team to deliver intensive trauma-informed interventions around housing health wellbeing and employment.
- Provide support training and supervision to a team of Project Workers to develop a high performing service with a shared vision and approach.
- Develop and monitor key outcomes and communicate the vision and aims of the service as part of partnership work with local partners residents and stakeholders.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
- Create review and manage workable staff rotas to ensure the provision of a 24/7 service at sites.
- Provide advice and assistance to project workers in day-to-day case work.
- Model and share good practice in move-on planning relational support approaches incident handling risk management and trauma-informed practice.
- Maintain a high level of knowledge experience and skill of homelessness issues and housing options.
- Share responsibility for rapid move on including overseeing cases leading on complex long stay cases and organizing case conferences or Team Around Me (TAM) where required.
- Evaluate staff performance including probationary assessments performance appraisals and sickness absence procedures.
- Provide regular support and supervision of staff as directed by service need and relevant policies.
- Keep accurate records of staff leave and sickness.
- Promote learning development and identify staff training needs for supervisees and make recommendations for the team and individuals.
Essential Experience Required
- Experience in managing a staff team and clients with complex needs such as mental health substance misuse and move on for them.
- Personal experience or understanding of the issues affecting vulnerable homeless people or those at risk of homelessness.
Essential Qualification Required
- General education qualification is essential.
Additional Information
- Working hours: 36 hours per week
- Working arrangements: Office based role - two locations one in Haringey and one in Islington
- The role requires a DBS check.
Requirements
Requirements
- Experience in managing staff and clients with complex needs
- Understanding of issues affecting vulnerable homeless people
- General education qualification
To oversee a 32 bed complex needs service through a decant. Experience needed in managing a staff team, managing clients with complex needs such as mental health, substance misuse as wel as move on for them. Office based role.
Education
To oversee a 32 bed complex needs service through a decant. Experience needed in managing a staff team, managing clients with complex needs such as mental health, substance misuse as wel as move on for them. Office based role.