Staying Close Coordinator

Location:The LodgeBoundary Lane Hulme Manchester M15 6NU(with requirement to travel across Greater Manchester)

Hours of Work:35 per week

Contract:12 monthFixed Term

Closing date:23rdJanuary2026

Interviews:

Staying Close is a model which provides an enhanced support package for young people leaving care. Staying Close provides an offer a package of practical and emotional support provided by a dedicated staying close worker.

Manycareleavers report experiencing a cliff-edge when they leave care and move into an independent tenancy. They report not feeling equipped to deal with the challenges of living independently and as a result many care leavers get into

debt and arrears and lose their tenancies.

Also many young people leaving care do not havestrong supportnetworks to help them with the transition to independent living. As a result care leavers are particularly at risk of homelessness due to a lack of transitional and practical support and a lack of suitable accommodation.

Staying Close aims to provide the necessary emotional and practical support to help young people transition into independent living giving them the tools to successfully live independently.

You will work within Manchesters Staying Close offer to provideadditionalsupport to care leavers to improve accommodation outcomes stability and reduce homelessness. To help further develop joint working between the Leaving Care Service housingservicesand partner agencies.

You will alsobe requiredto work flexibly with some evening/weekend workrequiredfor the role.

The role holder will work collaboratively with other focused services to ensure that Council services and partner agencies are working to the highest standards to provide quality services forour young peoplein h Manchester.

Although primarily based at The Lodge leaving care service you will work across Manchester supporting young people prior to them securing a tenancy and on occasions when they are accommodated by other housing providers in Manchester.

In addition we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

A full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role as you willbe requiredto travel across Greater Manchester.

Werecommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expect allcolleaguesto share this commitment. As thisjobis based in a supported housing projectforyoungpeople and childrenan enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) isrequired.A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisionsregardingconvictions will be made on a case-by-case detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancys candidate pack.

We offer a range of great benefits including:

• 33days holiday per yearplus bank holidays andaholidayabuyscheme.

• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions

• Company fundedaccess to a health cash plan where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as opticaldentaland much more.

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

• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employeeassistanceprogramme free counselling mental health first aiders andnumerouswellbeing initiatives

• Life assurancesubject 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 committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of therole;howeverweencourage candidates tosubmitan ammonised CVif they can do so.

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 tofacilitatethis.

For more informationabout the role please visit ourcareers page where you will find a candidate packand apply for the role. you wishto discuss the roles informally please contactHelen Walker Foyer Manager on0.

Interviews are scheduled to takeplace at the end of January 2026howeverinterviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed ifa suitable candidate is strongly recommend candidates to apply early.

Werepassionate about inclusion andwedlove to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.

If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for thisrole butwant to apply. Go ahead. We will decidewhether or notyou are what we are looking for.

We own and manage almost 9000 homes across Greater Manchester Lancashire and West Yorkshire and pride ourselves on being a housing association that retains our original values and missions and continues to deliver a range of housing solutions to the most vulnerable in MSV our main priority has and always will be to deliver and build on the services we provide as a social values embrace equality and inclusion and are genuinely focussed on people. We want better life chances for our people we work with customers to strengthen our business and we want to see fewer homeless people and people in poverty.