Housing Care Manager

Role: Housing Care Manager      

Salary: £25,007 - £27,866 per annum       

Location: Glasgow, Pollokshaws               

Job type: Permanent, 39 hours

Job Ref: 0012 - 1579

Closing Date: 6th June 2016

Trust Housing Association Ltd has exciting opportunities for a Housing Care Manager to join their team based at Glasgow, Pollokshaws working 39 hours per week.

In return for your enthusiasm and commitment as a Housing Care Manager we will offer you: -

- Competitive hourly rate of £12.33 —£13.74 per hour

- Working Monday to Friday between 7.30am & 6pm

- DC Pension Scheme & Generous Holiday Entitlement

- Ongoing training and professional development

Trust Housing Association is a national housing, support and care provider, offering a range of accommodation and support services.  Primarily serving older people in our communities we also provide housing for families and individuals. We have over 2,500 households across the length and breadth of Scotland, from the Highlands and Islands all the way down to the Borders.

Our housing care service at Pollokshaws provides housing support, personal care and meals service delivered by our dedicated staff team. Your role will be to ensure the service provided meets the need of the tenants and to encourage and motivate your staff team.  You must have previous experience of working with older people or other vulnerable members of a community, so you will understand their needs and know how to meet these. In addition, you will promote and support the service and build positive working relationships with colleagues in other agencies such as health care and social work.

To succeed in this post you must have previous management experience in the sector, be able to manage a large staff team, communicate effectively with tenants and carers and have confidence in your administration and IT skills. 

You will already have SVQ level 4 or be willing to commit to achieve this qualification. 

Trust requires all external applicants to complete an Application Form. This gives us the information on candidates in a consistent way which helps standardise the shortlisting and interview processes.

Your application can be emailed as an attachment or posted to: Jobs, Trust Housing Association Ltd no later than 12 noon on the closing date stated. Please note CVs will not be accepted without our completed application form. Interviews will take place on Thursday 16th June 2016.

We are pursuing a policy of equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Trust Housing Association is a Registered Scottish Charity- SC009086