Youth Hub Housing Manager

Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services (Community Services & Development)Are you an experienced leader with a passion for developing new services?Are you committed to making a difference for rangatahi?Can you build a team to work with rangatahi strengths?Can you grow people and develop robust processes?Do you want to work for an agency who is committed to working bi-culturally, ensuring we whakamana (empower) those we awhi (support)?This is an exciting opportunity to lead a new transitional housing service situated in New Zealand's first purpose-built Youth Hub. The housing has been built over two floors and has hostel-style rooms each with ensuite bathrooms. There are common lounges, kitchens and a laundry as well as outdoor spaces and terraces for the young people.The housing will be available for young people aged 16-24 years (with a priority being given to the younger age group) with referrals coming primarily via the Ministry of Social Development. Youth services will be based in the same complex and will include health and mental health services as well as educational and employment support. The facility will be staffed 24/7.The housing team will provide a holistic package of support with an emphasis on supporting young people to engage in education or employment while living in the transitional housing and to support them into permanent housing.You will be an experienced leader ideally with experience of housing and working with rangatahi. You will need to be able to supervise and manage staff, as well as providing practice leadership including the development of service delivery processes and quality assurance.You will need to be able to manage the rostering of staff to ensure 24/7 cover. You will need to be flexible and able to work outside office hours when required. You will also need to be part of an on-call roster offering management support for staff outside office hours.For further information and a job profile please contact Eve Lafferty on 027 654 7787 or ******. Applications close on Monday 16th of September 2024 – please apply through SEEK.
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