Housing Management

Apprentice Housing Management

Customer Only

Temporary for 15 months, with progression opportunities available for successful candidates

Full Time (37.5hpw)

Salary £4.55 to £8.72 per hour, depending on age (this is reflective of NMW)

Shaping our future with brilliant apprentices! Thats when it hits home.

At Home Group its critical we continue to deliver services for our customers during the COVID-19 outbreak, and our awesome colleagues are at the very heart of making that happen. We need Brilliant People like you to join us (and not just during this challenging time). We are doing things a little differently at the moment, so to keep you, our customers and ourselves safe well engage with you digitally where possible.

Our award winning apprenticeship programme has been designed to get our customers on the career ladder! How awesome is that! Dont be put off by the word apprentice as you can be any age to apply.

So whats so great about this apprenticeship? Well, your wage will be higher than the national apprenticeship minimum wage, so start planning what to spend that extra cash on! Youll be employed for a 15 month period to get stacks of experience and launch your career! Youll start at NVQ Level 2 (equivalent to a GCSE) with a possible progression to Level 3 (equivalent to A-levels) and many apprentices secure a permanent role with us! Who knows where in future you will end up!

Some of our apprentices say "Working at Home Group enables me to do what I love, receive a wage and develop my skills" and "I would happily tell anyone thinking of becoming an apprentice that it provides a worthwhile qualification and experience that could lead to a very good career".

About the role

Shaftsbury House service is based in Morpeth and supports 5 customers with mental health and complex needs to help them make positive steps towards independence. We do this in many different ways, from supporting with the shopping to more personal care including dealing with lots of different and complex issues that our customers may face in their everyday living.

As one of our Housing apprentices you will be supporting our housing team with the general security of the buildings, housing management related tasks such as ordering furniture and materials for the building and keeping the property in good, tidy standard.

Together we will really make a difference, empowering our customers to achieve their goals and aspirations by ensuring their home is safe, secure and maintained to a high standard.

Youll join a team of 11 people including support staff and housing concierge based in Shaftsbury House.

Teamwork is essential in this role! We all work together through the good, bad and the ugly to improve our customers lives - a role you will find incredibly rewarding!

You may want to start with Home Group as an apprentice and progress through the company? Thats fine! Im Tom the manager of this exciting service and I started 10 years ago as a Housing Concierge and have progressed to management through the right attitude, hard work and dedication.

Hours of work are usually 9am to 5pm but flexibility is important in this role

Please note any offer of employment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check through the DBS the costs of which are met by Home Group.

Who were looking for

You can apply for this apprenticeship if you are a current or former Home Group customer.

Ideally you will have good written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills and basic Microsoft Office Skills, but before long youll be a real whizz! Youll be great at working with people as part of a team, but must be able to work independently and use your initiative. Youll be keen to learn from others how to prioritise and manage your work load, but an eye for detail is important.

You can download our Housing management Apprenticeship Job description.

Youre unique!

Home Group play a big part in tackling prejudice and discrimination.  We want you to be yourself at here and value everything that makes you unique. So whatever your race, sexuality, disability, religion, gender or even non-gender, we recognise and celebrate your differences. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Whats on offer?

Our apprenticeship programme, which is a combination of a nationally accredited professional qualification, a competitive salary as well as a fantastic range of benefits, will make a real difference to your life inside and outside of work. Download our Apprenticeship Candidate Pack to find out more.

Our apprentices say, €œSo pleased I will be getting an NUS (student discount) card from my employer another reason to say that Home Group is a great place to work.€

To top this off, we also have a full recognition scheme including an annual Apprentice Award Ceremony will you be our next future Star?

The job for you?

Great, all you need to do now is upload a covering letter and your CV. Please do include the covering letter as we really want to know more about what you will bring to the role, your experience and for you to tell us how you live our values every day.  To help, weve created a template for both which you can download in the job section of our website and if you are viewing the vacancy on our current job page by clicking our how to apply page.

A bit about us

As well as being recognised as one of the top three large employers for apprentices at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2018, were also one of the UKs biggest providers of high quality housing and care and support services.  Were one of the largest developers of new homes and providers of houses for affordable rent. 

What makes us No. 7 in the UKs Best Large Places to Work or gives us Investors in People Gold Standard€¦.? Its our brilliant people like you!

Our values

At Home Group, we live by our values every day through our colleagues to provide a great service to our clients and customers.  To be a success with us youll need to be Accountable (Dont pass the buck own it!), Commercial (Spending wisely and working creatively), Caring (Looking after one another) and Energised (Having a positive, can-do approach).