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The vacancy
Join Our Team and Make a Difference in Wisbech!
Are you ready to lead and inspire change within the heart of Wisbech? This Team Leader position in our homeless-related service will enable you to lead a team of Community Support Workers helping individuals during periods of crisis. Situated in the market town of Wisbech, you'll find yourself immersed in a community where every action your team take truly makes a difference for your customers.
As the Team Leader, your mission is clear: to enhance the lives of those we support. You'll spearhead our support services, ensuring a consistently high standard of professional help is provided to help our customers to improve their lives during periods of homelessness or crisis delivering a tailored, and customer focused approach.
Why work in Wisbech? Situated close to the riverside this service has good road connections from locations such as March, King’s Lynn and Peterborough. With parking available on site you are also minutes from this community focused town centre.
In this role you will have varied duties which include.
This role represents a good natural progression for individuals already holding experience within supported living at a Team Leader level seeking new challenges, or those wishing to progress towards. We will also consider applicants with transferable skills of helping customers with complex needs.
If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and possess the leadership skills to inspire change, we want to hear from you!
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How to apply
Please click “apply” today to upload your CV detailing your employment history.
Please note, if this vacancy receives a high number of applicants, we reserve the right to close the advert and application window early.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
Vetting Requirements
The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. Original proof must then be provided by day one upon successful candidature).
Naturally working with our customers we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to as a minimum over the past 5 years in terms of employment history. We recognise, welcome and support that everyone’s employment history is unique and can be different. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.
We are committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of adults with care and support needs and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a DBS Check.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.
Our company
Longhurst Group is one of the leading housing groups in the Midlands and East of England, providing more than 24,000 homes and a wide range of care and support services.
With a team of 1,300 colleagues guided by our shared values, our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and our colleagues and to enhance the communities we serve. We do this by focusing on two clear themes of work: Health and wellbeing and economic resilience. To see how we’ll achieve this through our Improving Lives strategy, please watch the video below.
Our values
In it together
We stand together as one team to make a difference to peoples lives
Heartfelt service
Everything we do shows we care deeply about our customers and colleagues
Own it
We do what we say we do to the best of our ability with pride and passion
Pushing the boundaries
We strive for excellence constantly looking for fresh ways of doing things
Fun and fair
We work hard, enjoy it and treat everybody equally with respect and honesty
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