Later Living Lead
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £52,479 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | Greater Manchester, North West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | MSV Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Vacancy
Hours of Work: 35 per week
Closing date: 26th May 2025
Interviews: 2nd & 3rd June 2025
At MSV Housing we’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes, and our Later Living Lead is key to making this happen.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our established team. Reporting to our Head of Supported and Later Living, our Later Living Lead will lead and manage the Later Living teams, ensuring high-quality housing management, support services, and care defined supported housing needs for tenants.
In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.
What do our Later Living Lead do;
Lead the day-to-day operations of Later Living team, ensuring that they run efficiently and meet the needs of residents and commissioners, establishing standards and targets for individuals and teams.
Oversee effective tenancy management, establish, monitor and review standards and targets.
Ensure effective oversight and management of the response and monitoring services for later living tenants, providing timely support and intervention as required.
Take accountability for the escalation process, ensuring issues are addressed swiftly, efficiently, and in line with protocols.
ensure we comply with all relevant regulatory, contractual obligations, including health and safety, compliance and welfare requirements, including any Local Authority contractual returns.
Oversee staff, to work collaboratively in partnership with the Head of Later and Supported Living to ensure the Later Living Services Team are empowered to give an excellent service to our customers.
What we are looking for;
Relevant qualifications in Housing, Social Work, or a related field (e.g.CIH Level 4 in Housing Management).
Proven experience in managing or leading later living services or working in a similar role within a housing association or related field.
Experience working with vulnerable client groups e.g age related vulnerabilities
In-depth knowledge of housing legislation, particularly around supported housing, welfare benefits, tenancy management, and safeguarding
Full driving licence and willing to travel across the Northwest
We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based in a supported housing project for vulnerable adults, an enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy’s candidate pack.
We offer a range of great benefits including:
Essential car user allowance to support you with car running costs
Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided
33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.
Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.
MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.
For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/
If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Loretta Haslam, Head of Later Living and Supported Living, 07976418816.
Interviews are scheduled to take on the 2nd and 3rd June, however, interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.
We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.
If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.
Hours of Work: 35 per week
Closing date: 26th May 2025
Interviews: 2nd & 3rd June 2025
At MSV Housing we’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes, and our Later Living Lead is key to making this happen.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our established team. Reporting to our Head of Supported and Later Living, our Later Living Lead will lead and manage the Later Living teams, ensuring high-quality housing management, support services, and care defined supported housing needs for tenants.
In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.
What do our Later Living Lead do;
Lead the day-to-day operations of Later Living team, ensuring that they run efficiently and meet the needs of residents and commissioners, establishing standards and targets for individuals and teams.
Oversee effective tenancy management, establish, monitor and review standards and targets.
Ensure effective oversight and management of the response and monitoring services for later living tenants, providing timely support and intervention as required.
Take accountability for the escalation process, ensuring issues are addressed swiftly, efficiently, and in line with protocols.
ensure we comply with all relevant regulatory, contractual obligations, including health and safety, compliance and welfare requirements, including any Local Authority contractual returns.
Oversee staff, to work collaboratively in partnership with the Head of Later and Supported Living to ensure the Later Living Services Team are empowered to give an excellent service to our customers.
What we are looking for;
Relevant qualifications in Housing, Social Work, or a related field (e.g.CIH Level 4 in Housing Management).
Proven experience in managing or leading later living services or working in a similar role within a housing association or related field.
Experience working with vulnerable client groups e.g age related vulnerabilities
In-depth knowledge of housing legislation, particularly around supported housing, welfare benefits, tenancy management, and safeguarding
Full driving licence and willing to travel across the Northwest
We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based in a supported housing project for vulnerable adults, an enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy’s candidate pack.
We offer a range of great benefits including:
Essential car user allowance to support you with car running costs
Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided
33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.
Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.
MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.
For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/
If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Loretta Haslam, Head of Later Living and Supported Living, 07976418816.
Interviews are scheduled to take on the 2nd and 3rd June, however, interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.
We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.
If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.
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