Job Summary
Supporting Lives was established in 2014 with the specific objective of providing people with safe, supported accommodation in the North East of England. We operate a range of transitional support properties across Blyth, Ashington, Lynmouth, Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields.
Working with the Regional Manager and Team lead, you will provide administrative support to the supported housing team and oversee the development of information, data, compliance and reporting data collection systems.
You will provide administrative support for external recruitment processes, whilst ensuring compliance to GDPR legislation.
Part of your role will also involve supporting the senior management team with the management of our online people systems Bright HR and Microsoft SharePoint.
This is a new and exciting role in a growing team. A keen eye for detail and high levels of organisational skills are key to its success.
You will be the Point of Contact for referrals from health and social care agencies, field all enquiries and ensure that are dealt with promptly and courteously.
You will also be required to:
- Co-ordinate team meetings liaising with the service manager.
- Prepare and take minutes where appropriate, disseminate minutes and actions.
- Develop and maintain a general and client filing system within the service.
- Input, collate and extract data from our internal database, ensuring data is up to date and error free.
- Maintain service resources, including office equipment and materials.
- Ensure petty cash systems are managed in accordance with Supporting Lives policy.
- You will work as part of an experienced team providing support to people with often complex needs, physical health problems, as well as those who have experienced trauma.
Key Aims
At Supporting Lives, we believe in empowering people to discover their own unique pathway to independence.
Our key aims are to:
- Increase safety amongst homeless populations and reduce risk to our communities.
- Empower people gain the skills required to live independently and free of services.
- Increase an individual’s life skills and ability to self-manage their own behaviour.
- Deliver measurable improvements to a person’s physical and mental health, and wellbeing.
- You will be committed to our key aims and share our belief in the inherent capacity and potential of all individuals.
You will be committed to our key aims and share our belief in the inherent capacity and potential of all individuals.
