Team Leader - Stand Alone- Homelessness
Part Time - 21 Hours
Portsmouth
Starting £16,981, progressing to £17,985
Enhanced DBS Required
Drivers Licence: Yes
Lone Working: Yes
Night Working: No
Weekend Working: Occasional On Call
At Two Saints, we are proud of our values and our mission: to provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel valued and secure, and ready to take their next steps.
We’re seeking compassionate, adaptable people to join our Portsmouth service as a Team Leader. You’ll bring a passion for supporting people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and recognise their own strengths and support needs through positive, meaningful interactions.
As the ideal candidate, your ability to connect with people experiencing homelessness and care leavers will help them build trust, resilience, and a sense of possibility for their future. You’ll understand safeguarding, work proactively within our policies, and contribute to a strong, collaborative team environment.
Our Team Leader roles are support‑based, focused on guidance, encouragement, and empowering clients to achieve their goals. The work can be challenging, but also truly rewarding - made even more so by the supportive, values‑driven team you’ll be part of.
Team Leader Essentials:
- A genuine interest and concern for homelessness and related issues
- Ability to positively contribute to and lead a team
- Deal promptly and effectively with challenging situations/crises in a calm manner
- Strong communication skills, clear verbal and written English
- Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
- Confident with lone working
Team Leader Desirables:
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients
- Experience in managing a housing management team
- Experience in health annd safety, benefits, managing licence conditions and frameworks alongside client safety and behaviour management would be beneficial
- Understanding of risk assessment and person-centred, outcomes‑based delivery
- Awareness of the support needs of people experiencing homelessness or those with complex needs
- Knowledge of voluntary and statutory agencies, housing regulations and the benefits system
Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment, using pre-employment checks such as Enhanced DBS, Overseas Police Checks (where appropriate), Reference Checks and CV gap querying upon appointment to the role.
We value diversity and believe that different perspectives make us stronger. We are committed to providing a fair, inclusive recruitment process that provide equal employment opportunities for everyone
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