Housing Supervisor - North East Locality Office

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; In loco; GBP 34.000 - 41.000; Tempo pieno

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The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a Housing Supervisor – Managed Units for the North East Locality Office on a fixed-term 12-month contract. Salary is £34,452 to £40,501 for 36 hours per week, supporting residents with trauma and complex emotional health needs.

You will lead a team of unit wardens, assist residents to live independently, and participate in PVG checks and pre-employment screening. We welcome applicants with lived homelessness recovery experience and a commitment to

Competenze

• Experience working with residents who have trauma or complex emotional and mental health needs.
• Commitment to inclusive, supportive service delivery.

Mansioni

• Supervise residents and coordinate daily operations of managed units.
• Lead a team of unit wardens working on a 24-hour shift pattern.
• Support residents in daily living and prepare rooms/flats for move-on.
• Engage with residents to build positive and supportive relationships.

Conoscenze

Emotional resilience

People management

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Housing Supervisor – Managed Units - Fixed term for 12 months
North East Locality Office

Salary: £34,452 - £40,501
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council operate 5 hostels across the city and Housing Supervisors provide a vital service in each project by directly supporting our residents, many of whom have a history trauma and/or complex emotional and mental health needs.

Housing Supervisors work with our residents concentrating on building positive and supportive relationships as well as creating a sense of community. The goal is to enable the resident to maximise their own resources and ability to live independently so that they can successfully maintain a permanent tenancy when they leave our service.

The work can be challenging, and this requires staff to be emotionally resilient, understanding and committed to supporting residents who display challenging behaviour.

Housing Supervisors also manage a team of unit wardens who work a 24-hour shift pattern and are responsible for supporting residents during their day to day lives as well as cleaning and preparing rooms/flats when residents move on.

We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of using homelessness or recovery services.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is passionate about delivering a great service and improving the lives of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable citizens,

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. Anunconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be anassessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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