Hybrid work with some travel across London 16+ Services

Salary: £59,817 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong.  We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

 About this Role 

We have an ambitious growth programme for Supported Accommodation Services in our London region and we are now looking for the right person to drive this forward, as well as overseeing our established services in the region. As a Supported Accommodation and Housing Management, you will be the Ofsted Registered Manager for our Supported Accommodation services leading on all aspects of supporting existing and developing new Supported Accommodation Homes and other services from sourcing properties to delivering highly functioning new Homes.

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Professional qualification such as Social Work Degree / DipSW / CQSW or other level 4/5 qualification relevant to working with children and young people and/or recognised management/business qualification at level 4 or 5.
• Experience of successfully developing residential services which may involve sourcing properties to successful delivery of new homes functioning to a high standards.
• Knowledge of current developments and good practice in Supported Accommodation.
• Skills, ambition and drive to grow and maintain excellent services that meet their financial targets.
• Leadership skills to build and lead a team of professional staff.
• Extensive experience of managing complex and challenging behaviour.
• Flexible and creative approach to find solutions for risk management.

 In return we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry Leading training programme including Young People’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health, Social Pedagogy.
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme, to save money at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary Funding Training Programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career

Recruitment Process

St Christopher’s is committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care including the principals of Safer Recruitment. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements to assess your suitability to work with children and young people.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to your start date.

Your application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria given in the Person Specification.

For the full Job Description for this role and more detail about what will be required, please click here

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

For assistance during the application process, please contact recruitment@stchris.org.uk

Please note:

• This post has a minimum age restriction of 21 year for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and supported accommodation Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’.
• It is illegal to apply for any role that involves working with children and young people under the age of 18, if you know you are barred from working with children.

All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a Self-Declaration and Disclosure form which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.