Young Person Independent Living Officer – Multi Site

Closing date: 18th March 2026

At MSV Housing were committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Young Person Independent Living Officers are key to making this happen.

We are looking to recruit an experienced individual with fantastic skills to join our established team. Reporting to our Foyer Manager our Young Person Independent Living Officer Multi Site supports the Registered Service Manager in ensuring the service meets the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 while delivering safeguarding-focused person-centred support to vulnerable children and young people. It builds strong relationships with key partners promotes independence through coaching and activities and empowers young people to thrive and achieve positive outcomes across all Every Child Matters principles.

The role will carry a limited caseload and provide holiday cover to ensure flexibility and support across the service. MSV operates two Young Person Service sites in Manchester City Centre and one in Blackburn; travel to Blackburn will be occasional and generally arranged in planned slots to cover staff leave.

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

What do our Young Person Independent Living Officer Multi Site do;

Provide safeguardingfocused personcentred support to children and young people including assessments crisis interventions risk management and collaborative work with external agencies.

Manage a caseload using a strengthsbased approach creating and monitoring support plans maintaining accurate records and ensuring compliance with legislation policies and Ofsted/Local Authority requirements.

Support young people to sustain their licence maximise income engage in education training or employment and progress towards independence and suitable longterm accommodation.

Build strong partnerships with internal teams local authorities health services and community organisations while promoting resident involvement through groups activities and youth leadership opportunities.

Ensure a safe welcoming environment by undertaking health and safety duties contributing to service improvements supporting volunteers/students working flexibly on a rota and representing MSV professionally across forums and networks.

What we are looking for;

Good standard of education with minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above including Maths and English

Experience of advocacy on behalf of customers

Experience of working with customers with Mental Health and Vulnerabilities

Good understanding of mental health and vulnerable customer needs of a knowledge of trauma informed practice

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

Were 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 a supported housing project for young people and children 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 vacancys candidate pack.

We offer a range of great benefits including:

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 committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if 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 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. you wish to discuss the roles informally please contact Helen Walker Foyer Manager on .

Interviews are scheduled to take place on a date to be agreed however interviews 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 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.