Vulnerable and Older Persons Manager; Adaptations

Join us as a Vulnerable & Older Persons Manager (Adaptations) at Thirteen Group! Role Overview

Thirteen Group is on the lookout for a Vulnerable & Older Persons Manager (Adaptations) to join our Vulnerable and Older Persons team across the Tees Valley and connected areas. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of high-quality housing and support services, ensuring they are safe, compliant, and meet agreed standards. You will also oversee our Independent Living Team, responsible for the coordination and quality of Adaptations within Thirteen.

You’ll manage risk, oversee budgets and performance, and work closely with partners to continuously improve outcomes for customers.

• Salary - £57,660 per annum
• Annual leave – starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension – up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health – save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar – our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave.

• Leading the operational delivery of Independent Living service
• Managing allocations, lettings, empty homes and tenancy sustainment, including resolving anti-social behaviour within the Vulnerable & Older Persons portfolio
• Using data and insight to improve services
• Managing contracts, compliance and risk, including audits, reporting and continuous improvement activity
• Building strong partnerships with local authorities, health services and other stakeholders to improve outcomes
• Leading and developing teams while managing budgets and resources to deliver value for money and performance targets

• You should be working towards, or hold a Level 4 CIH qualification
• Experienced in leading housing or support services
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to drive performance and deliver high-quality customer outcomes
• Commercially aware, with experience managing budgets, resources and delivering value for money
• Confident managing contracts, performance and service improvement activity
• Able to build effective relationships and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.