We have regular vacancies across our adult and youth services.
We are Real Living Wage employer and an accredited member of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.
We offer a competitive staff benefits package including 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), 6% employer pension contribution, employee assistance programme, healthcare scheme and other benefits.
To find out more about current job paid job vacancies just click on the downloads below for more information on each role.
To express an interest, please email your CV confirming the post you are interested in to recruitment@salfordfoundation.org.uk
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to prepare a 2 page personal statement outlining how you meet the person specification.
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Paid Position
Homeless Prevention Coordinator
Role: Homeless Prevention Coordinator
Contract: 12 Month Maternity Cover
Hours: 35 hours per week (job share applications welcomed)
Salary: £22,000 plus pension, enhanced holidays (and other great benefits)
Location: Acton Square, Salford
Introduction
Salford Foundation is looking to recruit a Homeless Prevention Co-ordinator to empower and support vulnerably housed and socially isolated men in Salford who are at risk of becoming homeless. The Co-ordinator will provide emergency and crisis support, advocacy, coaching and mentoring, welfare assistance, services and support. They will enable and empower beneficiaries to develop a range of transferable skills including personal budgeting, money management and independent living to build resilience, manage their housing and plan for the future.
The Homeless Prevention Co-ordinator will provide outreach, triage needs, develop and jointly agree action plans, review progress against agreed outcomes. They will design and deliver group-based workshops around key themes and barriers that men in Salford face as well as helping beneficiaries to navigate housing options and specialist support. The Co-ordinator will also work closely with our new Volunteer Development Manager to design, develop, deliver and/or facilitate an engagement and enrichment programme for beneficiaries using corporate volunteers.
The project is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of all men aged 18+.including vulnerably housed men, socially isolated men, men on probation and ex-offenders. This includes men in temporary accommodation, social housing and private housing. The length of engagement and support on the project will be dependent on the barriers and needs of the men and will vary from 1-3 months.
Key Responsibilities
- To provide triage assessment, needs & risk assessment, action and support plans to meet men’s needs and prevent homelessness
- To provide one to one coaching, mentoring, advocacy, support and signposting, enabling men to overcome barriers
- To deliver a trauma responsive and strengths-based approach to working with men, building confidence and resilience
- To track individual men’s needs and their progress towards the achievement of agreed outputs and outcomes measures, using STAR outcomes, other tools and systems
- To design and deliver a programme of engagement activities and workshops for men based around key themes and needs and working closely with the Volunteer Manager and Corporate Volunteers
- To develop and manage referral pathways and protocols internally with Salford Foundation and externally with other agencies
- To recruit and engage eligible men from the target group and promote success stories on social media
- To engage in multi-agency and partnership work with criminal justice, statutory and VCSE agencies to co-ordinate holistic and specialist support to prevent homelessness
- To establish systems for consultation and feedback from beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and from referral partners and multi-agency colleagues
- To record accurate and timely monitoring information in line with GDPR to support the management information and reporting requirements of the grant agreement and the submission of agreed reports to the Senior Management Team
- To implement and comply with all Salford Foundation’s policies, including: GDPR, Equality & Diversity, Safeguarding Policy, Health & Safety and other procedures
- Any other duties reasonably required by Salford Foundation’s Senior Management Team
Person Specification
Knowledge
- Understanding of the needs and challenges facing men who are homeless and/or at risk of homelessness,
- Knowledge of the range of statutory and VCSE support services including welfare benefits, debt advice, housing, available for Greater Manchester
- Robust working knowledge of safeguarding procedures and policies
- Understanding of risk management when working with offenders and people on probation
Experience
- Experience of working with vulnerable and socially excluded men with complex needs
- Experience of delivering face to face and one to one support to adults
- Experience of designing and delivering group-based engagement activities and workshops
- Experience of working with volunteers and corporate partners (desirable)
- Experience of multi-agency partnership working and safeguarding
Skills
- Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrable ability to engage and achieve impact with vulnerable men with complex needs
- Ability to plan and organise your own workload and work remotely
- Ability to use ICT packages, including Microsoft Office & Microsoft Teams
- Ability to work as part of a wider team and develop partnerships with agencies
- Ability to work to targets and report on performance
Values and Attitudes
- Fully committed to Salford Foundation’s Core Values
- Fully committed to valuing equality and diversity, challenging prejudice and discrimination and overcoming barriers and barriers to participation
- A ‘can do’ attitude; focused on solutions, not problems
- A commitment to your own personal and professional development
Special Conditions
- The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level DBS check
- The post holder must have a full current driving licence and have a car available to be used for business purposes
- The successful candidate may be expected to work occasional evening and weekends for which time will be given back in lieu
Closing date for applications will be Friday 18th April 2025:
Please send your application to recruitment@salfordfoundation.org.uk. Provide a one page summary of how you meet the requirements of this role, and attached your current CV, by no later than Friday 18th April 2025
Paid Position
External Bid Consultant(s)
External Bid Consultants
We are seeking 4-5 external bid consultants to help us implement our Business Strategy and achieve growth across priority areas for 2025.
You will need experience of working with VCSE providers in the North West, of securing strategic grants and contracts for youth and adult services.
Please refer to the full advert and person specification which outlines the relevant skills, experience and knowledge/understanding required for this role. We expect to appoint several consultants who have bid expertise across sectors in our priority/services areas.
Please apply via CV only via email to helen.garry@salfordfoundation.org.uk
