Bristol Youth MAPS Manager

Bristol Youth MAPS Manager

Are you passionate about helping to prevent young people becoming homeless and influencing system change across Bristol? We have an opportunity for someone to lead our innovative, multiagency project, Bristol Youth MAPS.

Please find full details of how to apply via our Website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, 9 th May 2021.

We are particularly keen to increase applications from Black and Minority Ethnic groups and men as they are currently under-represented in our organisation.

We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the South West, working with over 2,500 young people. We have strong local partnerships and adhere to the best practice in the sector. We build trusting relationships between our young people and our colleagues and this is at the core of our work.

What we are looking for:

• You are passionate about preventing youth homelessness, bringing flexible and creative leadership to enable effective mediation, advocacy and support for young people and their families.
• You are a leader in your field and you inspire confidence in others; you coach and support others with passion, working well in a multi-agency setting.
• You thrive when working under pressure, juggling tasks whilst remaining positive and focussed.
• You confidently make decisions at different levels, including those that will safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable young people.

What you will be doing:

• Leading a team to deliver psychologically informed ways of working to prevent youth homelessness and enable family relationship repair.
• Ensuring effective service provision from reception and triage through to complex case reviews.
• Putting in place recording mechanisms, plans and strategies to deliver/exceed key performance indicators; to strive for continuous improvement and proactively analyse/plan to address under-performance.
• Leading effective multi-agency working on a case and systems level.

You will lead the Bristol Support Services Team and your line manager will be our Senior Operations Manager.

What we are offering:

• The opportunity to work in a psychologically informed environment, with excellent training and development opportunities
• Flexible working including agile working options
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• A very supportive environment with reflective practice, regular supervisions, team and cross departmental and organisational development days

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 30 hours (0.8FTE) or 37.5 hours per week (full-time hours) – to be agreed with the successful candidate - plus a requirement to be part of an on-call rota
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay: £30,451 - £32,910 (per annum)

• The location: You will be based in our Bristol Youth MAPS office, in the heart of Bristol’s vibrant city centre, within walking distance of both of the main train and bus stations.

Application information:

• To access the Job Pack for this role and complete an Application Form, please click 'Apply' below.
• To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Joanna.Roberts@1625ip.co.uk
• If you have any queries, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk

Important dates:

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, 9^th May 2021
• If you have not heard from us by 14^th May please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• Interviews are on 19^th May 2021 and will be at our main offices in Old Market, Bristol. 

Covering Letter / Supporting Statement Guidance

Please note that the online application form cannot be saved until it is fully complete.  We recommend that you prepare your Covering Letter before you start the online application. 

Your Covering Letter is essentially your Supporting Statement and will form the most important basis on which your skills, experience and behavioural competencies will be tested against the job criteria.  Without it, your application cannot progress to the shortlisting stage. 

You should refer to the Person Specification document within the Job Pack and cover only the elements that are tested at this stage of the recruitment process.  Elements that only have the word ‘interview’ next to them will be tested at the next stage of the process and do not need to be covered in your letter. 

Please try to keep the word limit to 250 words per criterion. 

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION FORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO UPLOAD A CV, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A CV AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AND WILL NOT BE USED IN THIS PROCESS. 

Equal opportunities for everyone:

We safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Barred List Disclosure Check. 

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers.  We also pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to increase applications from Black and Minority Ethnic groups and Males as they are currently under-represented.

Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.   If you need an adjustment made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.