Team Manager- Young People's Supported Accommodation

Horizon Care Ltd; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tastecard discounts

Bluelight card discounts

MyGym discounts

28 days holiday incl bank holidays

Real Living Wage employer

Christmas bonus

Refer a Friend scheme

Financial wellbeing service

Life Assurance

CPD opportunities

Job summary

Horizon Care Ltd in Portsmouth is seeking a Team Manager to lead our team in supported accommodation for young people. You will support the Manager, be practical and adaptable, and ensure safeguarding and health & safety standards are met.

The role requires experience in similar positions and working with children, and a full UK driving license. A positive, proactive attitude and commitment to well-being are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role desirable.
• Experience working with children essential.
• Must hold a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Support the Manager in leading the team to support young people in supported accommodation.
• Be practical, flexible and respond to a variety of situations.
• Ensure full compliance on health and safety monitoring and safeguarding practices.
• Attend multi-professional meetings, placement disruption meetings, and young person reviews.
• Hold a small caseload of people with complex needs, and monitor and audit.
• Create rotas and write support plans.

Skills

Team leadership

Childcare experience

Driving license

Job description

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Job Reference horizoncare/TP/35343/1370

Contract Type:

Full Time

Working Hours:

173 hours per month

Location:

Portsmouth

Closing Date:

29/10/2026

Job Category:

Region / Division:

South

Business Unit:

Job Introduction

Horizon Care have an exciting opportunity for an Team Manager to join our fantastic team in Portsmouth.

Experience in similar role is desirable, experience working with children is essential.

Must hold a full UK driving license.

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

We believe that each young person is unique and should be enabled to feel confident about their future, no matter what they have been through in life.

There's nothing more rewarding than helping someone believe in themselves, have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness and achieve success that is personal to them.

About the role:

As an Team Manager, you will support the Manager in leading the team to support our young people in supported accommodation .

You must be practical, flexible, and able to respond to a variety of situations.

You will be supporting the manager to ensure full compliance on health and safety monitoring, implement and manage safeguarding practices, attend multi professional meetings, placement disruption meetings, young person reviews, hold a small caseload of people with complex needs, monitoring and auditing, creating rotas, writing support plans .

If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

Why work for us?

• Access to Tastecard, Bluelight card and MyGym discounts!
• 28 days holiday includes bank holidays
• Real Living Wage employer
• Competitive pay rates
• Christmas bonus
• Generous Refer a Friend Scheme
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Ongoing training and professional development plus High quality CPD opportunities
• Comprehensive induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
• Looking after your wellbeing - supporting you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.

Horizon Care is also committed to safeguarding young people and most posts will require an enhanced DBS clearance.

Horizon Care is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in employment for all, to taking action to promote inclusion and avoid discrimination. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.