Salford City Council
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5DA
Team Leader – Housing Options
Grade: 3B, £33,945 - £36,648
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term to March 2025
Location: Civic Centre, Swinton
Closing Date: 14th April 2024, 23:00
About us
Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.
We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.
About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
You will be able to work under pressure in a busy service, managing multiple demands and prioritising your workload to ensure that you meet statutory deadlines. Self-motivated and enthusiastic, you will have a key role in the continued development of the Housing Options Service.
You must have experience of working in a homelessness team and a working knowledge of the homelessness legislation.
About the role
You will be responsible for the day to day supervision of a team of Homelessness Prevention Officers, working alongside three other Team Leaders, delivering a prevention focused Housing Options service and ensuring that the best possible service is provided.
You will ensure that statutory obligations under the Housing Act 1996, Part VII (as amended) and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 are complied with by providing advice and guidance and undertaking regular casework reviews with the Homelessness Prevention Officers.
You will encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the team, with all team members involved and responsible for taking the service forward.
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About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.
Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion
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