Safeguarding and Support Coordinator

Overview

Location:

Didsbury, Manchester
Salary £42,084
Full time 35 hours per week
Fixed term contract 18 months

Southway owns over 6,500 homes in Greater Manchester and is a community-focused housing association with a vision to provide excellent customer service and quality homes, where communities thrive. Southway strives for continuous improvement led by customers, communities and colleagues. It is a member of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and is guided by its REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty.

This Safeguarding and Support Coordinator is a specialist role responsible for coordinating and leading Southway's response to safeguarding concerns and support case planning. Working across the organisation, you will provide expert guidance on safeguarding, vulnerability, hoarding and self-neglect, helping to ensure tenants can live safely, independently and sustainably in their homes. You will manage complex and high-risk cases, work closely with statutory and community partners, and act as Southway's safeguarding lead in a range of multi-agency settings.

The role will also support service development by embedding trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches across Housing Management and Support services and support continuous improvement through training, quality assurance and learning from casework.

• Coordinate, triage and manage safeguarding concerns, providing specialist advice and guidance across the organisation.
• Assess and oversee complex or high-risk safeguarding cases, ensuring timely intervention and effective risk management.
• Work with local authorities, health services, support agencies and community partners to secure positive outcomes for tenants.
• Lead and represent Southway at safeguarding, multi-agency and risk-management meetings.
• Deliver safeguarding training and support colleagues to embed trauma-informed and strengths-based practice.
• Assess and manage hoarding and self-neglect cases, carrying out home visits and developing action plans that support tenancy sustainment.
• Produce reports, performance information and case studies.
• Support responses to complaints, MP and Councillor enquiries, and Housing Ombudsman investigations, ensuring learning is captured and implemented.

We are looking for a compassionate and resilient professional with experience of working with adults with care and support needs, children or families living in social housing, community safety, health or social care environments. You will have a strong understanding of safeguarding practice and be confident assessing and managing risk, making sound decisions and leading complex casework. You will be skilled at building relationships with tenants, colleagues and partner agencies, and able to influence, challenge and collaborate to achieve the best outcomes.

You will be highly organised, able to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate case records. Experience of delivering training, working in multi-agency settings and supporting service improvement would be advantageous. Most importantly, you will share our values and be committed to delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service that promotes safety, wellbeing and independence.

• Experience of working with adults with care and support needs, children or families in social housing, community safety, health or social care environments.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding practice, risk assessment and decision making, with the ability to lead complex casework.
• Ability to build relationships with tenants, colleagues and partner agencies; capable of influencing, challenging and collaborating to achieve outcomes.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate records.
• Experience delivering training, working in multi-agency settings and supporting service improvement is advantageous.

Most importantly, you will share our values and be committed to delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service that promotes safety, wellbeing and independence.

• 35-hour working week
• Competitive salary
• Excellent contributory pension scheme
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 30 days over time
• Supportive, values-led organisation committed to helping customers and colleagues thrive

Closing Date:
Monday 27 July

Interview Date:
Wednesday 5 August

For an informal discussion please contact Claire Davies on .

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community.

All applicants who have a disability or are ex-armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex-armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.