Staying Close Coordinator
This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Location: The Lodge, Boundary Lane, Hulme, Manchester M15 6NU (with requirement to travel across Greater Manchester)
Hours of Work: 35 per week
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term
Closing date: 23rd January 2026
Interviews:
Staying Close is a model which provides an enhanced support package for young people leaving care. Staying Close provides an offer a package of practical and emotional support, provided by a dedicated staying close worker.
Many care leavers report experiencing a ‘cliff-edge’ when they leave care and move into an independent tenancy. They report not feeling equipped to deal with the challenges of living independently and as a result, many care leavers get into
debt and arrears and lose their tenancies.
Also, many young people leaving care do not have strong support networks to help them with the transition to independent living. As a result, care leavers are particularly at risk of homelessness due to a lack of transitional and practical support, and a lack of suitable accommodation.
Staying Close aims to provide the necessary emotional and practical support to help young people transition into independent living, giving them the tools to successfully live independently.
You will work within Manchester’s Staying Close offer to provide additional support to care leavers to improve accommodation outcomes, stability and reduce homelessness. To help further develop joint working between the Leaving Care Service, housing services and partner agencies.
You will also be required to work flexibly with some evening/ weekend work required for the role.
The role holder will work collaboratively with other focused services to ensure that Council services and partner agencies are working to the highest standards to provide quality services for our young people in h Manchester.
Although primarily based at The Lodge, leaving care service, you will work across Manchester, supporting young people prior to them securing a tenancy and on occasions when they are accommodated by other housing providers in Manchester.
In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.
A full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role, as you will be required to travel across Greater Manchester.
We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based in a supported housing project for young people and children an enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy’s candidate pack.
We offer a range of great benefits including:
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33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.
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Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
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Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
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Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
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Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
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Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
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Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
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Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.
MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.
For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/
If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Helen Walker, Foyer Manager on 0161 276 1000.
Interviews are scheduled to take place at the end of January 2026 however interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.
We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.
If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.
The Company
We own and manage almost 9,000 homes across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire and pride ourselves on being a housing association that retains our original values and missions and continues to deliver a range of housing solutions to the most vulnerable in society. For MSV our main priority has, and always will be, to deliver and build on the services we provide as a social values organisation. We embrace equality and inclusion and are genuinely focussed on people. We want better life chances for our people, we work with customers to strengthen our business and we want to see fewer homeless people and people in poverty.
Our Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, attractive pension, and holiday entitlement, there are many other reasons to work for MSV! Our colleagues are important to us, that’s why we offer a full programme of training, flexible working, and health & wellbeing support.
Some of the Health & Wellbeing benefits you can access when you join MSV include:
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