Team Manager

Red Snapper Recruitment Limited; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Team Manager for Accommodation Services in Nottingham. The role involves leading a high-performing team dedicated to providing support to survivors. Responsibilities include overseeing service delivery, ensuring compliance with standards, and managing team dynamics while providing a feminist, survivor-centered approach. The ideal candidate should possess proven experience in domestic abuse and excellent leadership skills, ready to make an impactful difference in the community.

Benefits

Refer A Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing teams in domestic abuse and housing with vulnerable individuals.
• Strong safeguarding and risk assessment capabilities.
• Experience in supporting survivors with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Survivor Advocacy Support Workers.
• Ensure high-quality, survivor-centered support delivery.
• Contribute to strategic planning and service development.

Skills

Team management

Safeguarding expertise

Crisis support

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

Relevant qualifications (social work, IDVA, CAADA, management)

Job description

Team Manager - Accommodation Services (Safer Accommodation & R2C)

Salary: £21,965.72

Hours: 26 hours per week

Location: Nottingham with visits to other sites within Nottingham and office based working

Contract: Temporary for 13 weeks if successful made to permanent

Please Note: This role is open to women only, in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1).

About the Role

As Team Manager for Safer Accommodation and Response to Complexity (R2C), you will lead and develop a high-performing team of Survivor Advocacy Support Workers. You will ensure that services are safe, compliant, and consistently delivering exceptional support to survivors with a range of risks and needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of high-quality, survivor centred support.
• Ensure services meet national standards, accreditation benchmarks, and contract requirements.
• Drive service development and contribute to strategic planning.
• Uphold robust safety, risk management, and safeguarding practices.
• Line manage a total of 5 people and support Survivor Advocacy Support Workers.
• Lead on recruitment, induction, supervision, and performance reviews.
• Encourage a collaborative, innovative, and reflective team culture.
• Ensure staff knowledge is current regarding safeguarding, legislation, and best practice.
• Build strong relationships with statutory and community partners.
• Represent the service in multi-agency forums and meetings.
• Promote the service widely, including to underrepresented communities.
• Embed survivor voice in service development.
• Oversee data accuracy, reporting, and outcome monitoring.
• Lead audits and quality assurance processes.
• Maintain compliance with confidentiality and data protection.

Person Specification

• Proven experience managing teams in domestic abuse and housing working with vulnerable individuals is essential.
• Strong safeguarding, risk assessment, and crisis support expertise.
• Experience supporting survivors with complex needs.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
• A feminist, survivor-centred, and anti-discriminatory approach to your work.
• Relevant qualifications e.g. social work, IDVA, CAADA, management is preferred (a willingness to undertake management training).
• Ability to work across multiple sites as needed.
• Enhanced DBS clearance (required).

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!

Red Snapper Recruitment is a member of the Red Snapper Group. The Red Snapper Group acts as an employment agency (permanent) and as an employment business (temporary) - a free and confidential service to candidates. The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.