Residential Services Manager – Homelessness Support

NFP People

Adelaide

On-site

AUD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

NFP People is seeking an experienced homelessness and complex needs professional to lead a residential support service in Brighton. You will manage a dedicated staff team, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support in a trauma-informed environment while safeguarding and managing risk, health and safety, and housing matters.

The service will demobilise at contract end in 2027. You’ll collaborate with commissioners and partners, coordinate on-call and weekend presence, and ensure residents move

Qualifications

  • Experience leading support services for vulnerable people with complex needs.
  • Strong safeguarding, risk management and health and safety knowledge.
  • Residential services experience and awareness of housing legislation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage and develop the staff team with supervision, performance and wellbeing.
  • Ensure residents receive effective, person-centred support with reviewed plans.
  • Embed trauma-informed approaches across the service and safeguard residents.
  • Manage safeguarding, risk, health and safety and crisis response.
  • Oversee referrals, housing management, voids, arrears and licences.
  • Monitor outcomes, quality standards and contractual performance.
  • Build relationships with commissioners and partner agencies.

Skills

Staff management
Trauma-informed care
Risk management
Stakeholder engagement

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

NFP People is seeking an experienced homelessness and complex needs professional to lead a residential support service in Brighton. You will manage a dedicated staff team, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support in a trauma-informed environment while safeguarding and managing risk, health and safety, and housing matters.

The service will demobilise at contract end in 2027. You’ll collaborate with commissioners and partners, coordinate on-call and weekend presence, and ensure residents move

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