Home Manager – Supported Accommodation Services – Lewisham

St Christopher's Fellowship; London; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity for children and young people in London is seeking a Home Manager for their Supported Accommodation Services. The role involves safeguarding young residents, managing staff, and ensuring effective housing policies. Ideal candidates have significant experience with vulnerable young people and are adept at conflict resolution. This position offers a competitive salary, excellent training opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Salary up to £44,093

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Industry leading training program

Contributory pension scheme

Enhanced maternity and sick pay

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Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience providing housing support to vulnerable client groups.
• 1+ years' experience managing professional staff.
• Good understanding of safeguarding for 16+ year olds.
• Thorough knowledge of causes of youth homelessness.
• Familiarity with welfare benefits and support resources.
• Awareness of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to relate to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard young people with effective management strategies.
• Provide supervision and assess training needs for staff.
• Ensure effective housing management policies.
• Maintain appropriate staff cover and manage budgets.

Skills

Experience with vulnerable groups

Staff management

Understanding of safeguarding

Knowledge of homelessness issues

Familiarity with welfare benefits

Health and safety awareness

Ability to manage conflict

Education

Vocational or management qualification at NVQ level 4 or equivalent

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Home Manager – Supported Accommodation Services – Lewisham, London

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Client:

St Christopher's Fellowship

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

13.08.2025

Expiry Date:

27.09.2025

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About the Role

We are looking for a resourceful, energetic and outgoing individual who can deal effectively with challenging situations and behaviour, motivate young people to manage risk and support a team of professional staff in a supported accommodation home in Lewisham.

Key aspects of the job will be:

• To safeguard young people through sound management strategies, collaborative working with external agencies and emergency services and compliance with local authority safeguarding procedures.
• To provide regular supervision for staff and assess training needs to required performance and development standards. To source and/or deliver training and coaching where appropriate.
• To ensure housing management policies and practices are effectively operated. This will include maximisation of income, licence management and implementation of fair and equitable referral procedures.
• To ensure appropriate staff cover is maintained in the home through production of rotas and, where necessary, recruitment of locum covers. To ensure that staffing needs are met within designated budgets.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

St Christopher’s Academy

We have recently launched “St Christopher’s Academy” to ensure our staff is continually developing.We will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions.If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please clickhere.

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Applicants should have

• At least three years’ experience of providing leaving care and/or housing support to single homeless or other vulnerable client groups, including young people.
• At least one year’s experience of effectively managing professional staff.
• A good understanding of Safeguarding and the legal framework relevant to the provision of residential services for young people aged 16+.
• Thorough knowledge of the issues that lead to young people becoming homeless, including those relating to alcohol/drug dependency and mental health and complex needs.
• Familiarity with the welfare benefits system and with the range of resources, statutory and non-statutory agencies and services relevant to supporting young people.
• Awareness of health and safety regulations and procedures to minimise risk.
• A high regard for young people with the ability to relate successfully to individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and to manage conflict situations.
• A vocational or management qualification at NVQ level 4 or equivalent would be desirable.

What you should expect from us

• Salary: Up to £44,093 depending on experience
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry Leading training programme including access to children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy,
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Blue light Card: Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.