Lead, 24/7 Supported Housing Pilot

Homeless Link; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Training budget

Sick pay

Family-friendly policies

Hybrid working

Pension

Cycle to Work

Season Ticket Loan

Employee assistance

Discount vouchers

London Living Wage employer

Job summary

The Connection at St Martin’s in London is seeking a dynamic leader to launch and run a 24-hour supported housing service in Wandsworth for 15 individuals experiencing homelessness and severe disadvantage.

You will recruit and manage staff and volunteers, develop a trauma-informed, bespoke support approach, and build a network of partners to stabilise health and housing outcomes and secure longer-term funding.

Qualifications

• Experience in housing services, health inclusion and social care entitlements.
• Knowledge of harm minimisation and trauma-informed support.
• Lived experience of homelessness encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new 24-hour supported housing service in Wandsworth for 15 people experiencing homelessness and severe and multiple disadvantage.
• Manage staff and volunteers to establish and deliver this six-month pilot.
• Develop a team that builds trust through relationships and provides bespoke, person-led, trauma-informed support.
• Build a network of professionals around service users to support stabilisation, access to services and longer term plans for health and housing.
• Drive partnerships, coproduction and a strengths-based, solution-focused approach.
• Align practice with The Connection’s traits: Curious, Safe, Together and Motivated.

Skills

Leadership

Trauma-informed approach

Interagency collaboration

People management

Strategic planning

Job description

The Connection at St Martin’s in London is seeking a dynamic leader to launch and run a 24-hour supported housing service in Wandsworth for 15 individuals experiencing homelessness and severe disadvantage.

You will recruit and manage staff and volunteers, develop a trauma-informed, bespoke support approach, and build a network of partners to stabilise health and housing outcomes and secure longer-term funding.