Community Living Partner

Salary: £24,961-£27,049 (Appointment at the bottom of the band)

Location: Merthyr Tydfil

This is a Permanent, 37hrs (30hrs - 4 day week trial) vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Vacancy

Community Living Partner

Location: Merthyr Tydfil

Salary: £24,961 to £27,049 (Appointment to bottom of Band)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of work: 37 hrs (30hrs – 4 Day Week)

Are you passionate about helping and supporting older people to live independently?

If so, we would love you to come and join our amazing mutual!

The role will be based on-site at one of our Community Living Schemes.

Are you our ideal candidate?

Naturally as our Community Living Partner, you’ll embrace and embody the values and behaviours we hold in our tenant and employee owned mutual. You’ll deliver a first line support service to enhance wellbeing, coordinate community events to help reduce social isolation along with the general day to day running of our Community Living Schemes. It’s also a hands-on role that includes cleaning of communal areas, Health and Safety Checks and Minor Repairs.

Our ideal candidate is an excellent communicator who can easily develop good working relationships with an empathetic approach. You’ll pride yourself on delivering the best service possible with exemplary professional boundaries. You’re passionate about making a difference and has experience of delivering support to vulnerable people. You’re well organised with the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

Please be aware that due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

How to apply:

You will need to submit your CV and fill out a short application form which you can do by clicking on the Apply button at the top of this page.

To find out more about the many benefits of working in housing, check out This is Housing.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 14:00pm.

Interview Date: Thursday 9th May 2024 (On-site)

Merthyr Valleys Homes reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a high number of sufficient applications are received prior to the closing date.

Our Mutual

As well as having a great culture, we offer a range of excellent benefits. These include generous annual leave and pension contributions, family friendly working arrangements, exciting career progression opportunities, 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme and Happy Me, our very own initiative to support your wellbeing and help you to thrive.

There’s more – we’re trialling a 4 day working week exploring the possibility of balancing a shorter working week with higher productivity and improved services to tenants. So, 100% of our services, in 80% of the hours, for 100% of the salary.

You can be proud to be part of an organisation who’s passionate about giving back in every aspect of what we do. We’re an anchor investor, proudly supporting our communities and the people who live in them. 

We are committed to our responsibilities as a landlord, business and mutual in every way. We are passionate about playing our part in tackling the climate emergency, and our new Climate Strategy clearly sets our commitments, actions and goals to do this. 

Joining our mutual will give you the opportunity to become a member and have your say. Our Chief Executive, Michelle Reid, is hugely committed to tenants and employees working together to grow and shape our mutual. To meet our CEO and to get a better sense of who we are, grab yourself a cuppa and click here. 

Diversity & Inclusion

We don’t like to complicate things at MVH. If you are driven to perform, you’ll fit right in, it’s as simple as that really! We believe people’s differences are what make them great and actively seek out multiple approaches and perspectives. We’re passionate about building a culture where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic, whole self to work. 

We’re committed to the principles of equality and diversity, and we want to be a mutual for everyone. We have been awarded the prestigious Tai Pawb “Quality in Equality and Diversity” accreditation, but we know that we still have work to do. People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are currently under-represented in our mutual. We actively encourage people from these communities to apply for this and other roles within the organisation. We operate the Rooney rule and guarantee to interview all under-represented people who meet our essential criteria.

About Us

We are all about people, communities and delivering high quality affordable services. We are the first tenant and employee mutual housing association in Wales. The principles of mutuality guide what we do, from being a living wage employer and living rent landlord, to the mixed representation from tenants and employees we have within our uniquely designed governance structure. We are a successful organisation with great housing services, we have sound finances and believe in being efficient. You can read our latest Annual Report, Democratic Body Report to Members, and Value for Money statement by clicking here.

Our Benefits

Merthyr Valleys Homes is a great place to be! Find out about all our great benefits by clicking here. 