Deputy Service Manager

You will primarily be providing support to the staff team located across a number of locations. This will include supervision, managing incidents, liaising with different departments, ensuring that health and safety issues are addressed and that the service is compliant. You will also support the manager in embedding the newest service within the Hammersmith & Fulham patch, Dawes Road, which is a high support service.,

• Working with the Service Manager to lead a dynamic frontline team


• Developing the skills within the team to create an ever evolving approach to support


• Creating and maintaining a positive environment for young people to thrive


• Effectively managing risk and safeguarding young people from abuse


• Working with the Service Manager to ensure the service is safe, compliant and meeting the required performance standard
  
  Effective communicator with natural ability to facilitate open and honest conversations.


• Able decision maker with a can do attitude.


• Respectful and empathetic, always considering the impact on our young people and staff team.


• Flexible, always adapting to changing needs.


• Engaging, committed to self-development by engaging with training and continuous learning.


• Proactive, always looking for creative ways of working.
  
  Centrepoint is the UK's leading youth homelessness charity and now the largest provider of Housing First for young people in England, is looking for Deputy Service Manager to join our team covering multiple locations within Hammersmith & Fulham.


We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.

In return for your efforts you'll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days


• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).


• Private Medical insurance


• Income protection


• Employer pension contributions of 5%


• Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale


• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme


• An interest-free travel loan


At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.