Job Description

Description

Location

: Brighton and Worthing

Salary

: 33,951 per year

Hours

: 37 per week, equally split across two services based in Brighton and Worthing




Are you someone who leads with empathy, brings structure to complexity, and is passionate about helping people feel safe and secure in their homes?

Southdown is one of the leading providers of housing, care, and support services in Sussex. Our Housing Support Services help people who are at risk of homelessness, living in temporary accommodation, or facing challenges such as poverty, mental health issues, or domestic abuse. We work in partnership with local authorities to offer person-centred support that helps people find stability and move forward.

As a

Team Manager,

you'll lead our frontline housing support staff, helping create a consistent, compassionate and effective service. You'll provide guidance, oversight and encouragement to staff while building strong relationships with commissioners and community partners. Your leadership will create the conditions where people doing challenging work feel supported, heard and able to deliver real impact.



Your time and responsibilities will be equally shared across two services; one based in Brighton and one in Worthing:

Southdown Moves (Brighton)

Southdown Moves is a supported accommodation service within providing low to medium level support, plus self-contained one bedroom flats to people within the Mental Health Supported Accommodation Pathway.

Southdown Steps (Worthing)

Southdown Steps is a supported accommodation service providing self-contained, one bedroom flats, plus regular weekly support for people who have experienced homelessness and rough sleeping.



Both services provide accommodation for up to two years to enable people to gain the skills and confidence to take the next steps in their mental health recovery, whilst benefiting from safe, stable accommodation.



All Southdown's housing support services use a trauma informed approach and psychologically informed environments to support people towards recovery and independent living.



We welcome applications from people with experience in roles such as Housing Team Leader, Homelessness Services Manager, Supported Housing Coordinator, or anyone with the right values, leadership experience and transferable skills. If you bring a supportive leadership style and commitment to housing security, we will provide the training to help you succeed in the role.

Perks and benefits:

Health cost cash-back scheme:

access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.

Interest-free loans:

assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.

Access to the Easit Network:

discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off eligible daily and season rail tickets.

Blue Light card:

access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.

Free advice and counselling service:

confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.

25 days paid holiday

plus bank holidays.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

What you'll need for the role:

Experience managing or supervising a frontline support team A values-led approach to leadership, staff wellbeing and service quality Strong organisational and communication skills Confidence working with external partners, stakeholders and commissioners A commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed practice An standard DBS check (paid for by Southdown)

What would be nice:

Knowledge of housing, homelessness prevention or tenancy sustainment Experience managing risk, safeguarding or crisis situations
Familiarity with contract delivery or working to KPIs

Training:

Our award-winning in-house training team will help you to gain valuable qualifications, continually develop your skills and build a great career with the largest provider of housing, care and support in Sussex.

How to apply:

Please click on the 'Apply Now' button and fill out our simple one-page application form.



The application closing date is 6 August 2025.

Please note, if we receive a large number of applications then this position may close before the advertised application closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

About Southdown

Contact information:

Our online careers page has a list of helpful FAQs that you can view

here

. If you have any further questions, please get in touch with recruitment via email at jobs@southdown.org

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us, as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.