H&T 1473 - Team Leader (HAAS)

Hours: 14 hours per week

Working Pattern: Monday and Tuesday 8.45am - 4.45pm

Salary: £14,694 - £16,037 per year

Vacancy: Permanent 

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South Lanarkshire Council is one of Scotland’s largest local authority landlords, providing quality services to residents across a diverse urban and rural area.

As part of our drive to continually improve our housing service, we are seeking to recruit a Team Leader for our Homeless Access and Assessment Service (HAAS).

As part of a wider team, you will be responsible for day to day operational management of the service, training and development of staff within the team, co-ordinating monthly statistical reports, maintaining and developing partner relationships and working closely with colleagues and service users to ensure continuous improvement of services.

You will also have the responsibility of day to day management of this essential service which includes overseeing homelessness applications, decisions and emergency access to temporary accommodation

You will work with colleagues and wider partners to deliver a frontline homelessness service.

You will also take a lead role in the ongoing development of our Homelessness Service and it would be beneficial for you to have the ability to identify service improvement requirements and take a lead role in delivering these.

When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:

• Please tell us about your relevant skills and experience in relation to this post.
• Homelessness Services are currently experiencing significant pressures, please tell us about your knowledge of these challenges and your views on how we could help alleviate pressures.
• Please tell us what is important to you in delivering the Homeless Access and Assessment Service.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

Please apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

South Lanarkshire Council signs Housing Professionalism Commitment

South Lanarkshire Council have signed up to the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland’s, Housing Professional Commitment.

This commitment underlines the importance that we have always placed on developing our housing and homelessness teams to ensure they have the skills and knowledge they need to enable them to effectively carry out their roles and to develop professionally.