Disability & Home Improvement Team

Disability Home Improvement Service Manager – PO8

Permanent

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Housing Inclusion & Support Service is on a mission to become one of the top service providers in adaptations, housing occupational therapy and home improvements. As part of this continuous improvement journey, we want to ensure that the customer experience, in addition to the access and delivery of advice, information and assessments are exemplary.

We are seeking motivated people, who like a challenge, have a commitment to housing and want to help us deliver excellent services.

An opportunity has arisen for an exceptional candidate as the Disability Home Improvement Service Manager within the Royal Greenwich Disability & Home Improvement Team. This is a key role within the service, with the responsibility for leading and managing the service responsible for the delivery of adaptations, housing occupational therapy assessments and management of the Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant and Better Care Fund.

The postholder will have overall responsibility for the effective development and management of the range of services and functions delivered by the specialist teams. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the development of partnerships, service level agreements and contracts that support and compliment the range of services offered by the team including internal and external partners and monitoring and managing capital, revenue and general fund budgets.

This rewarding job will suit applicants who have a strong commitment to the delivery of high-quality services to vulnerable people and an understanding of housing problems faced by older people and those with disabilities. 

We are looking for someone who is conscientious, adaptable and keen to join an innovative team to make a positive difference and drive the service forward whilst also making a difference in the lives of those vulnerable residents who need help, support and assistance. 

We would expect that you will be able to achieve the standards as set out within our staff values. 

The successful candidate will have management experience, be an excellent communicator have a good knowledge of problems and solutions related to the adaptation of domestic dwellings for people with physical disabilities. 

For further information about the post, please e-mail Kojo Sarpong at kojo.sarpong@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.