Team Leader

Two Saints; Newbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra mile awards

Pension with life cover

Blue Light Card

Champions of equality

Employee assistance programme

Staff discounts via Wider Wallet

Dedication to wellbeing

GP helpline

Length of service awards

Generous and flexible holiday

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Two Saints in Newbury is looking for a Team Leader to join our Newbury service. This full-time role (37 hours) starts at £29,918 and progresses to £31,688, with Enhanced DBS required.

You will support people who are homeless or care leavers to build confidence, life skills and resilience through guided, client‑centred interactions. You will lead a compassionate team, ensure safeguarding compliance, and work collaboratively to deliver housing and support services across Berkshire and Hampshire.

Qualifications

• Interest in homelessness and related issues.
• Ability to lead a team and manage crises calmly.
• Strong English communication, written and verbal.
• Experience with lone working and safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to clients to achieve goals.
• Lead a team and manage day-to-day operations.
• Ensure safeguarding and policy compliance.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Verbal communication

Written communication

Lone working

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Team Leader

Full Time - 37hrs, Newbury, £29,918 starting salary, progressing to £31,688, Enhanced DBS Required, Reference: TWO1247853, Drivers Licence: Yes, Lone Working: Yes, Night Working: No, Weekend Working: No.

At Two Saints, we are proud of our values and our mission: to provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel valued and secure, and ready to take their next steps. We're seeking compassionate, adaptable people to join our Newbury service as a Team Leader. You'll bring a passion for supporting people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and recognise their own strengths and support needs through positive, meaningful interactions. As the ideal candidate, your ability to connect with people experiencing homelessness and care leavers will help them build trust, resilience, and a sense of possibility for their future. You'll understand safeguarding, work proactively within our policies, and contribute to a strong, collaborative team environment. Our Team Leader roles are support‑based, focused on guidance, encouragement, and empowering clients to achieve their goals. The work can be challenging, but also truly rewarding - made even more so by the supportive, values‑driven team you'll be part of.

Team Leader Essentials

• A genuine interest and concern for homelessness and related issues
• Ability to positively contribute to and lead a team
• Deal promptly and effectively with challenging situations/crises in a calm manner
• Strong communication skills, clear verbal and written English
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
• Confident with lone working

Team Leader Desirables

• Experience of managing a caseload of clients
• Experience in managing a housing management team
• Experience in health annd safety, benefits, managing licence conditions and frameworks alongside client safety and behaviour management would be beneficial
• Understanding of risk assessment and person‑centred, outcomes‑based delivery
• Awareness of the support needs of people experiencing homelessness or those with complex needs
• Knowledge of voluntary and statutory agencies, housing regulations and the benefits system

About Us

We offer support to people who are homeless, vulnerable or at risk of becoming homeless and need help rebuilding their lives for a brighter future. Our services include safe, flexible and reliable client led housing and support with a focus on reducing homelessness, improving health and wellbeing and building on individual's skills and resilience to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty and exclusion.

We work in partnership with multiple agencies and authorities to deliver support and accommodation needs across Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset.

We are dedicated to safeguarding all young people and adults with our services. We follow safer recruitment practices for all our vacancies to assure that all successful candidates are suitable to work with our clients.

We're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that embodies our values and promotes a tolerant and respectful environment where everyone can feel empowered to succeed.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will support with any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Our vision: To be a safety net for people in tough times and the springboard to a brighter future.

Our mission: To provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps.

Our values:

• Everyone matters
• We know we're stronger together
• We do the right things, for the right reasons
• We never give up

Our Benefits

• Extra mile awards
• Pension with life cover
• Blue Light Card
• Champions of equality
• Employee assistance programme
• Staff discounts via Wider Wallet
• Dedication to wellbeing
• GP helpline
• Length of service awards
• Generous and flexible holiday
• Refer a friend scheme

For further information

• Email: [e-mail]
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• Telephone: [phone]
• Website: https://www.twosaints.org.uk/