Housing Concierge

We?re looking for a Supported Housing Concierge to join our growing team. Here at Homegroup we look after our vulnerable customers, but also those with quite complex care needs. Your job will be to make sure our customers are safe, our buildings are secure and pleasant places to be, and that we get on with our neighbours. Typical shift as a Housing Concierge

• If you want a quiet and calm (night) security job, then this is not the job for you!
• There is so much more involved than just (night working), stuck in an office monitoring CCTV or patrolling the premises.
• The first line of support for our customers when our wider team or their own support network aren?t around to help!
• You?ll manage the health and safety of the building, patrolling to check fire doors, making sure everything is locked and secure.
• Thinking on your feet and manage a situation on the spot, such as investigating suspicious activity or raising the alarm when we need to engage the emergency services.
• Finally, if there is time, you?ll also help us make sure that everything is clean and tidy, so you need to be ok with wielding the mop or broom as well!
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You?ll do that here, working for the 5th Great Place to Work in the UK!, You?ll join Calvin our service manager, who joined Home Group as a night Support Coordinator developing his skills, within the criminal justice sector moving to a Day Support Coordinator role and now is managing the service. He is passionate that with the right support and guidance we can ensure the most vulnerable people in society can receive person centred support, with a firm belief in housing first. Joining Tracey who has worked for Home Group across two different projects starting at a specialist support coordinator within an mental health setting, who as well as being our customers first point of contact with housing related matters Emenike and Emmanuel who are already a big part of our housing concierge team will guide and support you as you settle into our welcoming and friendly team. Job details
• Working on a 4 week (rolling) rota between the hours of 8:00pm and 08.30am.
• Although you?ll work nights this is not a lone working setting we operate double cover at all times. We do get together regularly (in the daytime) for training and team meetings.
• Able to use technology to monitor CCTV, update customer records, complete on line learning and collaborate with colleagues.
• You?ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
  
  Calm under pressure with great communication skills
• You get a kick out of supporting the most vulnerable in society (maybe you?ve worked in public service, or the military). You know what?s required to look after the public and our customers too.
• You?re sociable and interested in people and their stories and like getting to know people. You use your people insights and keen eye for detail to spot changes in behaviour.
• You recognise when things are about to go wrong and are confident intervening in a sensitive way.
• A team player with the confidence to work alone. Don?t worry you?ll have the full back up of our wider team including our out of hours emergency support team.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to?external?candidates for this role.? This remains under regular review., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a ?me day? to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We?ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
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