Team Manager

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Team Manager for Accommodation Services in Nottingham. This role focuses on leading a team of Survivor Advocacy Support Workers to provide trauma-informed support to survivors of domestic abuse. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with service standards, managing a high-performing team, and contributing to strategic planning. Ideal candidates will have experience in domestic abuse and housing, with a strong feminist approach. Enhanced DBS clearance is required.

Benefits

Refer A Friend bonus scheme

Free and confidential service to candidates

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing teams in domestic abuse and housing.
• Strong safeguarding, risk assessment, and crisis support expertise.
• Experience supporting survivors with complex needs.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
• Enhanced DBS clearance (required).

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of high-quality, survivor-centred support.
• Ensure services meet national standards and accreditation benchmarks.
• Drive service development and contribute to strategic planning.
• Line manage a team and support Survivor Advocacy Support Workers.
• Build strong relationships with statutory and community partners.

Skills

Managing teams in domestic abuse

Safeguarding and risk assessment

Crisis support expertise

Leadership and communication skills

Feminist and survivor-centred approach

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).

Are you an experienced domestic abuse specialist with housing experience and a passion for leading teams, driving service excellence, and empowering women and children affected by domestic abuse? This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a strategic leadership role within a respected organisation delivering trauma-informed, needs led accommodation services.

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.