Housing Supervisor – Managed Units
Location: Various Locations
Salary: £34,452 – £40,501
Hours: 36 per week
The City of Edinburgh Council operates 5 hostels across the city. Housing Supervisors provide a vital service in each project by directly supporting residents, many of whom have a history of trauma and/or complex emotional and mental health needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Concentrate on building positive and supportive relationships with residents and creating a sense of community.
- Enable residents to maximise their own resources and ability to live independently so that they can successfully maintain a permanent tenancy when they leave the service.
- Provide emotional resilience, understanding and commitment while supporting residents who display challenging behaviour.
- Manage a team of unit wardens who work a 24‑hour shift pattern and are responsible for supporting residents during their day‑to‑day lives.
- Support wardens in cleaning and preparing rooms/flats when residents move on.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Experience working with individuals who have a history of trauma and complex emotional and mental health needs.
- Experience in a regulated work setting with children and/or protected adults (Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007).
- Willingness to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.
- Provision of an Overseas Criminal Record Check if the applicant has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years.
- We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of using homelessness or recovery services.
Legal & Compliance
- Post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
- Unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to satisfactory outcome of pre‑employment checks.
Equalities & Diversity
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Additional Information
Our salary range reflects the initial starting salary and increases annually until it reaches the top of the range.
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