Job Description:

Location:        Leicestershire (County-wide Refuge & Dispersed Accommodation Services)
Contract:        Temporary to Permanent
Hours:            30 hours per week over four days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday), with occasional evenings, weekends and participation in an on-call rota.
Salary:            £30,296 FTE ( £15.50 - £20.00 per hour dependent on pay status )

We are recruiting for an experienced Safe Accommodation Manager to lead a county-wide refuge and dispersed accommodation service across Leicestershire, supporting adults and children affected by domestic abuse. This is an excellent opportunity to manage a dedicated team, oversee service delivery and safeguarding, and work alongside partner agencies to provide high-quality, person-centred support.

• Lead, supervise and support staff and volunteers across multiple accommodation sites.
• Manage referrals, admissions, case allocation and team workloads.
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring safeguarding best practice is embedded throughout the service.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality support for residents and their children.
• Manage staff rotas, supervision, appraisals and professional development.
• Monitor service performance, contract reporting and financial records.
• Develop partnerships with external agencies and contribute to service development.
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, health and safety, equality and confidentiality standards.

• Experience managing or supervising staff or volunteers.
• Experience working within refuge, supported accommodation, housing or domestic abuse services.
• Experience supporting vulnerable adults and children.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Understanding of housing and domestic abuse legislation.
• Excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
• GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• Enhanced DBS either dated within the last 12 months or on the Update Service

** Due to the nature of our work and service users, we can only accept applications from women under schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010**

For more information, please call the team on (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Ellie or email her your CV at (url removed)

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