Regional Services Manager - Westminster

We are seeking an experienced and creative manager to join the Westminster Floating Support Service as the Regional Services Manager to cover maternity leave. You will be responsible for overseeing the overall direction of the service at a time of considerable change as we are about to go through a procurement process for a new contract.

You will be both leading the service and helping to shape the new service delivery model. This is a period of great challenge but also a fantastic opportunity.

About the role:

The role of the Regional Services Manager is to lead and develop SHP’s outreach services within the borough of Westminster, ensuring the effective delivery of our business objectives and the continuous improvement of our services to clients.

The Regional Services Manager will have overall responsibility for the management team overseeing the delivery of a multi-disciplinary service that covers a broad range of presenting needs. The manager will work closely with other members of the management team to ensure that there is a cohesive and joined up service delivery.

The Regional Services Manager will provide the leadership and vision that ensures that the service offers high quality support to service users to engage with appropriate specialist services, prevent tenancy breakdowns, improve quality of life and promote independence including access to education, training and employment and health and wellbeing initiatives.

The role will operate on a hybrid blended working model with an expectation of 3 days in the office.

When you are completing your application please answer the 6 areas below and please put n/a to area 7:

• Staff and service management experience and the ability to support others in delivering effective service outcomes.
• A track record of managing significant change and delivering strong results driven services.
• Experience of and the ability to plan, monitor and evaluate services to ensure that they are responsive and relevant with a track record of delivering high quality outcomes for clients who are be socially excluded.
• Experience of managing significant budgets and ensuring that services are delivered within tight financial constraints.
• Strong networking skills and proven ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to establish and improve services available to vulnerable client groups.
• Ability to recruit and develop staff, manage performance, led by example and achieve predetermined results.

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 2nd February at midnight

Interview date: Monday 10th February at Head Office in Kings Cross

Apply for this role by clicking on the Apply Now button below.  If you do not already have an online recruitment account with SHP you will need to create one. 

Locums and current Agency staff -  You can also apply for this secondment opportunity.  If you are successful at interview, the position will be offered as a fixed-term contract.

Note for staff (including Locums): in the job history section you will only be required to enter details of either your recent job role or current role with SHP (not your full employment history).

Note for current Agency staff: please enter your full employment history in the job history section.

As this is a secondment opportunity candidates who are permanent members of staff, will need to notify their manager before applying for this post. 

As this is an internal vacancy applicants not eligible for internal recruitment will be those under:

• Disciplinary sanction
• Performance monitoring in a similar or lower graded role
• Formal sickness monitoring (that is not related to a protected characteristic)

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.