Supported Housing Team Manager

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is searching for a Supported Housing Team Manager for their Hollybank site in Salford. The role encompasses management of supported accommodation, ensuring high-quality support for individuals with mental illness, and fostering independence. Ideal candidates will demonstrate leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to delivering person-centred care.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Comprehensive annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in supported housing or mental health settings.
• Ability to manage and lead a team effectively.
• Knowledge of care assessment processes and mental health legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the unit and staff.
• Ensure compliance with care standards and support plans.
• Communicate effectively with service users and their families.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Assessment skills

Person-centred care

Education

Relevant professional qualification in social care

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and motivated individual to join our team as the Supported Housing Team Manager at our Hollybank site in Salford.

Hollybank is a 12-bedded unit that forms a part of the Salford alliance of supported housing tenancies, striving to support individuals with an identified mental illness through promoting independence and social inclusion, improving key skills of daily living, and with a view to residents being able to move on to more independent living.

The postholder shall be responsible for the day-to-day management and leadership of Hollybank Supported Accommodation and community support offer. They will manage the unit staff and provide support, supervision, appraisals and be responsible for completing rotas and lead recruitment. The post holder will demonstrate 24-hour accountability and responsibility, with an overview of activity, staffing and incidents.

The post holder will ensure that the highest possible standards of support are provided to clients in accordance with their needs, tenancies, and commissioned packages. Ensuring that all support is personalised, recovery focused and meets outcomes of the agreed support plan.

The successful candidate will receive a full induction into the organisation and will be supported to settle into the role. They will be provided with any relevant training and learning and development opportunities to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience.

Oversee the day-to-day running and leadership of the Hollybank Supported Accommodation and community offer.

Provide support, supervision and appraisals for unit staff.

Establish and maintain effective communication with service users, carers and families about complex matters providing a warm welcoming and enabling environment to support therapeutic relationships.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of care plans adjusting where indicated, along with maintaining the health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.

Work in accordance with the key principles of the Care Act, promoting person centred and strengths based approaches.

Work in collaboration with statutory health and social care partners to meet Section 117 aftercare needs in accordance with the Mental Health Act and its Code of Practice.

Contribute to the development of services and quality improvement.

Support service users, carers and staff’s equality, diversity and rights

Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas, and work practice

Plan, allocate, assess and provide feedback to team members

Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and /or financial resources

Practice in accordance with the guidance of applicable professional registration body i.e. Social Work England, HCPC.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bethan David Job title: Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 357 1369

Please contact Bethan David on 0161 3571369