Team Leader - Internal

Target Housing; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave - 28 days annual

Blue Light Card

Westfield Health Cover

Financial Wellbeing Support – Lifetime

Career progression opportunities

Comprehensive staff training and indu‎

Job summary

Target Housing is seeking an experienced Team Leader to support the Thrive Service in Sheffield. You will lead staff, manage complex cases, and foster a compassionate, person-centred environment across our housing and support pathways.

The role requires at least 3 years’ experience with complex needs, safeguarding expertise, and a proactive, empathetic approach. This is a full-time permanent position with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience of supporting people with multiple complex needs.
• Experience in the housing/homelessness sector.
• Extensive safeguarding and risk management knowledge.
• Experience of writing reports.
• Previous management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating continual professional development through an intensive training program.
• Lead and Participate in team meetings
• Line manage staff team
• Have oversight of complex cases and mentor staff team
• Perform other such duties as may be required to further aims of Target Housing within the Health and Safety requirements.
• Adhere to all of Target Housing’s policies and procedures in particular our Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Health and Safety policies.
• Carry out other such duties as directed by senior managers as appropriate to the aims of Target Housing.

Skills

Team leadership

Empathy

People with complex needs

Psychologically Informed Environments

Job description

Team Leader - Thrive Project (Internal Only)

Location: Bradmarsh

Salary: £31,010 per annum

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced and compassionate Team Leader to join our dedicated team in Sheffield.

Working closely with our Service Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Thrive Service. As a visible and proactive Team Leader, you will help to create a supportive and empowering environment for staff and our service users alike.

The successful candidate will have experience in working with people with severe multiple disadvantage, including offending history, diagnosed mental health conditions, adverse childhood experiences and domestic abuse. You will have a broad understanding of both support and housing pathways, alongside psychological interventions. Above all, we are looking for an empathic, person-centred and understanding individual to support and help lead team.

General tasks

• Facilitating continual professional development through an intensive training program.
• Lead and Participate in team meetings
• Line manage staff team
• Have oversight of complex cases and mentor staff team
• Perform other such duties as may be required to further aims of Target Housing within the Health and Safety requirements.
• Adhere to all of Target Housing’s policies and procedures in particular our Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Health and Safety policies.
• Carry out other such duties as directed by senior managers as appropriate to the aims of Target Housing.

Requirements

• An individual who embraces challenges enthusiastically
• An understand of the principles of Psychologically Informed Environments and Trauma Informed Practice
• At least 3 years’ experience of supporting people with multiple complex needs
• Experience of the housing/homelessness sector
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding and risk management
• Experience of writing reports
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Previous management experience preferred

About Us

Target Housing is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people within our society. Over the past 25 years we have shown that stable accommodation and support can help transform lives and empower people to achieve independence.

If you’d like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who we’re looking for!

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As an Equal Opportunities employer, we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Inclusion & Diversity champions who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.

Benefits at Target Housing

• Generous Annual Leave - 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (and rising to 33 days with service)
• Access to a Blue Light Card
• Westfield Health Cover
• Financial Wellbeing Support – Access to Lifetime Finance
• Career progression opportunities
• Comprehensive staff training and induction programme
• And much more!

Please note, shortlisting will be completed regularly, and we therefore reserve the right to close the advertisement early.

If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with Shelley Powell ([e-mail])