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Considering a career in supported housing? Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Want to help those affected by homelessness? A career in supported housing might be the perfect fit for you! Why choose supported housing? ✅ Making a difference - Supporting people on their journey to independence. ✅ Rewarding work - Building trust, seeing results and transforming the everyday for the people we support. ✅ Continuous learning - Ongoing learning opportunities and the chance to enhance your skills. ✅ Career growth - Enjoy excellent personal development and career progression routes. ✅ Flexible roles - Find full-time, part-time, and flexible opportunities to suit your lifestyle. What we look for: ✅ Passion - A genuine desire to support and uplift others. ✅ People-focused - Dedication to creating a safe and trusted environment for our customers. ✅ Eager to learn - Willingness to grow and improve alongside a supportive team. No extensive experience? No problem! What matters most is your commitment to making a difference. Take a look at the opportunities we have available and join us in #EnhancingTheEveryday for those who need our support. https://lnkd.in/d2K6iCCN #SupportedHousing #EnhancingTheEveryday #CareerInHousing #MakeADifference #JoinOurTeam

Riverside are recruiting a part-time Income & Admin Officer in High Wycombe/Swindon area. In this role, you will work collaboratively as part of a committed team to provide income management advice, guidance and support to customers and colleagues. You will support customers to sustain their tenancies, maximise the organisation’s rental income and deliver income administration across a defined number of properties. We are looking for someone with experience of working with vulnerable and diverse customers who have complex needs. You'll need the ability to communicative effectively and empathise with customers. If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please click the link below to view more information about the role, benefits and to apply.

Riverside is hiring a ⭐ Service Manager ⭐ in High Wycombe This is an exciting opportunity to manage a team of support and housing staff based at Old Tea Warehouse in High Wycombe and undertake management responsibilities for retirement living schemes in Stokenchurch and Newbury. As Service Manager, it would be your job to provide motivational leadership to empower and engage your team to deliver an outstanding service that puts customers first with responsibility for the safe operational management of care and support services. This is a challenging but really rewarding role that will transform the lives of customers who have experienced homelessness and have complex support needs. Click the link below for more information and to apply 👇 http://spkl.io/60004CL42

Today, ahead of celebrating International Safe Places to Work Day tomorrow, we are highlighting the importance of knowing you are safe at work. Our commitment is to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and feel safe, supported, and trusted to be their true authentic selves. Whether that’s on the frontline, in the office, or working from home, we believe a healthy workplace leads to happiness and productivity. We prioritise wellness over work and provide essential resources to support our colleagues’ mental health and wellbeing, including: • anonymous and confidential counselling service, available for colleagues and their families • a full range of benefits designed to help you feel your best and enhance your everyday • colleague and peer support groups that provide safe, confidential spaces to discuss experiences, raise awareness, share advice, and support each other • guidance on achieving a healthy work-life balance for overall wellbeing and productivity • workshops and training sessions on various topics, including stress management, conflict resolution, and effective communication. As part of our values, it is important to us that we create a positive environment where colleagues can be their best selves to #EnhanceTheEveryday for those who need our support. Want to join our team and be your true self? Head on over to our website and check out the opportunities we have available. https://lnkd.in/e87z5PB #EnhancingTheEveryday

Today we are sharing a short film about homelessness. The film is about Glyn, who used to work for Riverside in our Housing First team. In his own words, Glyn tells the story of his lived experience of rough sleeping, substance abuse, supported housing, being stabbed and rehabilitation. At one point, Glyn lived at one of our supported housing services in Manchester. Hear first-hand from Glyn how through support, rehab and his own grit and determination, he turned his life around and eventually became a Housing First worker at Riverside where he has used his own lived experience to engage and make a hugely positive impact on the lives of people with complex needs. His story is inspirational. At times it is also deeply distressing. Our hope is that this film helps make the case for the importance of support services, many of which are facing cuts as a result of strained local authority finances. You can also watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eUJ57rB4

🚨Urgent Call for Sheltered Housing Regeneration!🚨 https://lnkd.in/dqrzYvpD A recent inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People has highlighted the need for urgent action to regenerate the estimated 527,000 sheltered housing properties in the UK. The report, launched yesterday at the UK House of Lords by Lord Best (Chair of the Inquiry), Lois Beech (secretariat), Julienne Elizabeth Meyer CBE (Chair of the Older People's Housing Taskforce) and Paul Tennant, Chief Executive of Abbeyfield who sponsored the Inquiry (alongside Abbeyfield South Downs Ltd, Abbeyfield The Dales Ltd, and Abbeyfield Wessex Society LTD), reveals the significant scale of reinvestment required to provide good quality, accessible homes for our ageing population. The report urges policymakers, government agencies, and housing providers to prioritise the refurbishment of outdated sheltered housing to meet contemporary standards. Key recommendations include a 10% target for older people’s housing and flexible capital investment approaches. The panel call on the Government, Homes England, and the Greater London Authority to recognise the value of investing in sheltered housing refurbishment. This is not just about improving buildings; it’s about enhancing mental and physical well-being and ensuring a decent home for our older residents. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/dqrzYvpD #HousingForOlderPeople #ShelteredHousing #Regeneration #APPG #HousingLIN #REHAPPI #HAPPI

Howard Gayle, the first black player to sign for Liverpool Football Club, has been honoured with a new mural in Toxteth. Commissioned by Liverpool charity Mandela8 on one of our properties, we were delighted to be able to help fund the project. The mural itself is the work of Liverpool artist John Culshaw. Our Head of Homes & Communities, Sarah Wall, said: “Through Riverside Foundation funding, we’re really pleased to have supported this project, which has enabled an incredible artist to bring this inspiring piece to the community. “The messages carried by the mural not only create a feeling of hope and inclusion, but also opportunities for discussion whilst celebrating an iconic local role model. “Our Foundation exists to help people to overcome obstacles and to support initiatives that benefit the communities in which we work, including money advice and affordable warmth services and projects that inspire a sense of togetherness and pride in our neighbourhoods. We feel this mural embodies this vision and are excited for the community to see it.” https://lnkd.in/gBTDd4e4

Yesterday's King's Speech was welcomed by many in the sector for the focus on housing and planning. Our chief financial officer Cris McGuinness, responded to the Speech in Inside Housing, praising the plan to ban no-fault evictions and saying that it is “heartening to see the new housing and planning bill at the centre of the new government’s first King’s Speech." She said: “As one of the biggest builders of affordable housing in England, streamlining the planning system will help unpick some of the blockages which stop economic growth and prevent the delivery of much needed new homes and infrastructure". However, Cris said that planning reform alone is “not enough". She said: “As economic conditions improve the government must provide significant grant funding to deliver the social homes we need. “The new government has been clear their number one priority is growing the economy. “Increasing the supply of social and affordable housing in generation has the potential to turbocharge growth as evidenced by analysis from the Centre for Economics and Business Research earlier this year – the government could add £51.2bn to the economy, including £12bn profit to the taxpayer, by building 90,000 social homes. “We understand public finances are tight. However, after years of uncertainty and underfunding our sector desperately needs stability so we urge the government to commit to a long-term settlement for social housing rents.”  Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eY37mQ3N

At Riverside, we recognise the importance of diverse perspectives in driving innovation and success. Today, on #BlackLeadersAwarenessDay we're sharing the positive action we're taking to address the underrepresentation within our senior-level roles. Riverside has a guaranteed interview scheme for ethnically diverse candidates, offering both internal and external candidates from ethnically diverse backgrounds a guaranteed interview for any role with a salary of £35,000 and above, provided they meet the minimum criteria for that role. We believe that by creating more opportunities, we can build a stronger, more inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities. Interested? Find out more about the scheme here: https://lnkd.in/eBhTPnef You can also check out our latest opportunities and join us in #EnhancingTheEveryday for our customers and colleagues. https://lnkd.in/d9qkxtkF #CareerOpportunities #WeAreInclusive