Service Manager

This is more than a management role. As Service Manager at Preston Foyer you will lead across two town-centre sites creating a safe ambitious environment where young people can grow in confidence develop skills and move towards independence.

Working in strategic partnership with the Foyer Federation Preston Foyer is shaped by Advantaged Thinking focusing on young peoples strengths talents and potential. You will lead a passionate team to deliver excellent housing support and opportunity while championing Youth Foyer accreditation standards.

Why join us

Every day at Preston Foyer is a chance to make a real difference. You will lead a service that gives young people more than a place to stay it gives them stability opportunity and belief in their future.

What you will do

You will provide strong visible leadership and drive quality performance and innovation across the service ensuring young people receive high-quality person-centred support.

• Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team across two sites.
• Create a safe strengths-based environment for young people.
• Deliver high standards in housing management safeguarding compliance and health and safety.
• Build strong local partnerships and open up opportunities in education employment and training.
• Drive service improvement and better outcomes for young people.

You will be an experienced leader with a background in supported housing homelessness youth services or a related field. You will know how to inspire teams build partnerships and create services that are compassionate ambitious and focused on young peoples potential.

If you want a role where you can genuinely change lives we would love to hear from you. Join Preston Foyer and help young people build the future they deserve.

The benefits on offer

In return we offer a competitive and supportive benefits package including:

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 31 days
• Westfield Healthcare Cash Back Plan (including cashback for optical dental therapies plus 24/7 GP access and counselling support)
• Matched pension scheme up to 6% (with salary sacrifice option)
• Enhanced family leave from day one including enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay
• Occupational sick pay
• Financial support options including season ticket loans emergency loans mortgage advice and wellbeing support
• Paid volunteering days
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Support to learn broaden your skills and develop your career
• A fun and inclusive work culture where individual differences are valued and championed

A registered social landlord andone of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.

Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths creating person centred individualised strategies and plans that transform lives support recovery and enable positive order to succeed however we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive good quality housing services support and resettlement. services to our residents. Thats where you come in.

As an equal opportunities employer Salvation Army Homes is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Salvation Army Homes opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.