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Supported Housing Manager (Mental Health)
quo vadis trust

Job Description

Quo Vadis Trust is seeking a confident, capable, organised manager to head up a small team in Catford. If you are kind and compassionate with relevant experience in mental health / housing, we can offer you regular hours (8-4, Mon-Fri), a generous holiday allowance, life insurance plus other benefits, traiing and qualifications, and the chance to work within multi-disiciplinary teams. 

Quo Vadis Trust (QVT, charity number 1116196) is a specialist housing charity, providing services to those with mental health needs across South East London. Together, their dedicated staff team provide a range of support both on and off premises to help each individual client maximise their independence. They are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic, efficient Housing Manager to oversee one of their small, 24/7 residential schemes in Catford, providing effective support to clients with medium support needs.

As Housing Manager, you will work closely alongside the Director of Operations to ensure the delivery of high quality, client focussed, enhanced housing management services to all QVT clients. You will ensure that services are comprehensive, provide value for money and are in accordance with all QVT's strategies and values. You will ensure that your small team of Supported Housing Officers provide an effective, responsive service, and will take initial responsibility for dealing with complaints from clients and external stakeholders. You will work in partnership with a variety of agencies to encourage and support client engagement with the community and will continuously work as an ambassador for the organisation when working alongside external agencies.

To apply for this role, you must have demonstrable experience of working alongside clients with complex needs within a supported housing capacity. You must have significant experience of managing a team, including rotas and budgets, and of working alongside a variety of partner organisations. Overall, you will be an engaging, proactive leader, passionate about delivering high quality housing support to vulnerable clients.

Our commitment to diversity: We are committed to tackling systemic inequalities by being proactive in creating opportunities for people from under-represented groups. With this in mind we welcome applications from all ethnic backgrounds, religions, gender identifications and sexual orientations, and from anyone who considers themselves to have a disability.

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