Housing Team Leader

Developing Health and Independence; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Bristol is seeking a Supported Housing Team Leader to lead a team delivering high-quality support services to residents. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and leadership skills, a strong understanding of supported housing, and a passion for helping individuals develop skills for independent living. This role offers training, a generous leave policy, and unique benefits including an on-call rota allowance.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle Scheme

26 to 31 days paid annual leave

Company pension scheme

Charity Worker Discounts

On-call rota allowance of £100 per week

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a team delivering housing support services.
• Knowledge of the principles of supported housing.
• Capacity to inspire and motivate a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Supported Housing team.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality support to residents.
• Collaborate with the Senior Supported Housing Manager.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership and management skills

Knowledge of supported housing

Passionate about supporting individuals

Job description

Supported Housing Team Leader

Are you passionate about supporting people to live independently and thrive in their communities? Do you have the leadership skills to inspire a team and deliver high-quality, person-centred housing support? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

DHI is seeking a Team Leader to join our dynamic Supported Housing team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a small team delivering a high-quality support service to residents living in our abstinence based supported housing projects

As Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our residents receive the highest standards of support. You’ll manage day-to-day operations, lead by example, and work closely with the Senior Supported Housing Manager to develop services that are inclusive, empowering, and effective.

You will need to have excellent communication skills, good knowledge and understanding of supported housing, leadership and management skills and be passionate about supporting individuals to gain the skills needed to live independently in the community.

Home Turf Lettings Team Leader

Home Turf Lettings is our affordable housing department providing housing to families, couples and single people who have experienced homelessness. We are seeking a team leader for our home turf lettings service. As the team leader you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of our affordable housing service to over 100 homes across B&NES, Bristol, and Gloucestershire, managing strategic partnerships with Local Authorities and our landlords and other stakeholders.

You will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to lead and manage a small team, have a good understanding of the renter’s reform act and most of all be passionate about providing excellent services to our residents.

A driving licence with access to a vehicle and the willingness to use it for work travel is essential for both of the above roles.

Our Values

We are an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.

If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction, and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of training to enable the successful candidate to develop and thrive within this role including within motivational interviewing techniques, professional boundaries, and housing.

As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 26 days paid annual leave/up to 31 days paid leave (service-related), company pension scheme, Charity Worker Discounts. You will also have an on-call rota allowance of £100 per week.

Next Steps

If you’d like to know more about the role contact: Mark Lake - [e-mail] to arrange an informal discussion.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter (no more than 500 words) to [e-mail].

Closing date for both roles is 5.00pm on Friday 7th November

Interview Dates for Supported Housing Team Leader - Thursday 13th November

Interview Dates for Home Turf Lettings Team Leader - Wednesday 19th November