Service Manager

Single Homeless Project co; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary increase after probation

37.5 hour week

25 days leave

Pension scheme 5%

Health cash plan

Training programme

Job summary

Single Homeless Project in Greenwich is seeking a Service Manager to lead a multi-functional team delivering assessment, support and move-on for young people aged 16+. The role focuses on safeguarding, housing management, risk, performance and day-to-day operations, with trauma-informed, personalised care.

You’ll build partnerships with local authorities and agencies, ensure Ofsted readiness and continuous service improvement, and participate in training to grow as a leader in this vital London

Qualifications

• Experience managing accommodation-based, residential or youth housing services.
• Ability to lead a sizeable team and hold service-wide standards.
• Experience safeguarding, health and safety, risk and quality in social care.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, high-quality delivery of the service across safeguarding, housing, risk and day-to-day operations.
• Provide trauma-informed, personalised support to young people to build stability and independence.
• Strengthen partnerships with Greenwich authorities, commissioners and partner agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Young people services

Safeguarding

Housing management

Performance & quality

Job description

Single Homeless Project hasan opportunity for a Service Manager to join our experienced and committed teams based in Greenwich. You will join us on a full-time, fixed-term secondment for 12 months. In return, you will receive a competitive salary starting at £40,508.80 and rising incrementally to £43,844.03 per annum (pro rata).

We re London s leading homelessness charity and we get things done.

In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we re not shying away. We re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.

We re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.

Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.

We re not perfect, but we re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn t just a job. It s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.

About the Service Manager role:

Some services need more than strong management they need a leader who can hold the whole picture, set the standard and keep young people s futures at the centre when the work is busy, fast-moving and high stakes. As Service Manager for a service working with 16 plus children and care leavers you'll play a vital role in providing effective leadership to an integrated and multi-functional team providing an assessment, support and move on to the young people we accommodate.

You ll be responsible for the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of the service, bringing confident oversight across safeguarding, housing management, risk, performance, quality, staffing and day-to-day operations. You ll lead with presence and purpose, supporting your team to deliver consistent, personalised and trauma-informed support that helps young people build stability, independence and stronger future pathways.

You ll also play a key role in strengthening partnership working across Greenwich, including with local authorities, commissioners and partner agencies. From referrals and move-on pathways to Ofsted readiness, data, young people s feedback and continuous improvement, you ll make sure the service is not only well run, but constantly learning, improving and ambitious for the young people it supports. At Single Homeless Project (SHP), you ll also be part of a supportive learning culture, with access to training, development and opportunities to keep growing as a leader while shaping a service that really matters.

About you:

• You bring strong experience managing accommodation-based, residential, youth, housing, social care or similar services, with the confidence to lead a sizeable team and hold service-wide standards.
• You understand the responsibilities that come with managing a young people s service, including safeguarding, housing management, health and safety, performance, quality, and risk.
• You re confident supporting teams to work with young people facing multiple disadvantage, using trauma informed, psychologically informed and strengths-based practice to shape meaningful, personalised support.
• You can balance warmth with accountability, creating a team culture where staff feel supported, clear on expectations and able to deliver high-quality work.
• You build trust quickly with staff, young people and partners, and bring the integrity, curiosity and courage needed to lead a service where people can thrive.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Closing Date: Sunday 18th October at midnight

Interview Date: Wednesday 28th or Thursday 29th October at SHP Head Office in Kings Cross

Please note there will be a second stage interview in service in Greenwich for suitable candidates

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient/without current right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.