Team Leader- Stand Alone

Two Saints; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Two Saints in Portsmouth is seeking compassionate, adaptable people to join our homelessness service as a Team Leader. This stand-alone, part-time role focuses on guidance, empowerment, and coordinating care to help clients build confidence and achieve personal goals.

Applicants should have a passion for supporting people, strong safeguarding knowledge, and experience leading a housing management team; enhanced DBS is required and lone working is expected within a supportive, values-driven team.

Qualifications

• Experience in health and safety, benefits, managing licence conditions and frameworks alongside client safety and behaviour management.
• Experience in managing a housing management team.
• Experience of managing a caseload of clients.
• Knowledge of voluntary and statutory agencies, housing regulations and the benefits system.
• Strong communication and clear English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to provide support to clients experiencing homelessness.
• Guide and empower clients to achieve their goals.
• Manage lone working and safeguarding standards.
• Coordinate with partner agencies and housing services.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

English language

Caseload management

Safeguarding knowledge

Risk assessment

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Team Leader - Stand Alone - Homelessness

Part Time - 21 Hours

Portsmouth

Starting £16,981, progressing to £17,985

Enhanced DBS Required

Drivers Licence: Yes

Lone Working: Yes

Night 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 Portsmouth 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.

• 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
• 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

Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment, using pre-employment checks such as Enhanced DBS, Overseas Police Checks (where appropriate), Reference Checks and CV gap querying upon appointment to the role.

We value diversity and believe that different perspectives make us stronger. We are committed to providing a fair, inclusive recruitment process that provide equal employment opportunities for everyone