Salary: 28,851.50 to 29,932.50
Hours:37.5 Hours per week (over 5 days)
Contract Length: Permanent
Holidays: 22 days plus Bank Holidays
Responsible To: Accommodation Manager
Accountable To: Queens Hall Action on Poverty
To Apply: https://hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/vacancies/43224
Closing Date: 6th October 2025
Job Summary: JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Independent Living Mentor
Job Title: Independent Living Mentor Team Lead
Salary: £28,581.50 to 29,932.50
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, over 5 days Will involve weekend and evening working on a rota basis at various sites across the borough.
Contract Length: Permanent
Holidays: 22 Days plus Bank Holidays, Life Insurance, Health Plan
Base: Will be expected to work within the community throughout the Wigan and Leigh Borough
Responsible to: Accommodation Provision Manager
Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees
Closing Date: 6th October 2025
Interviews: ASAP
To Apply: Please enclose your CV along with a covering letter to explain why you feel you are perfect for this role. Please upload your documents here:
https://hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/vacancies/43224
Please do not register at the above link until you are ready to add your documents, once registered, you cannot amend your application or add any documents. Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible.
Job Purpose: JOB PURPOSE
The Brick is a charity with big aspirations and its local community at the heart of everything it does. As a result, The Brick follows a strategy and approach focusing on personal development by following The 3 R’s.
The 3 R’s are: Relief, meeting felt needs, Restoration, equipping people for self-sustaining, independent living, and Reformation, speaking out and acting against social injustice.
The key role will be to support The Brick and individuals we support in our accommodation. You will be part of a team supporting individuals in emergency and supported accommodation. Your role will be to support the individuals with their immediate needs and to secure a move on to appropriate medium- and long-term stable accommodation. Please note that this is a lone working post in a small provision with 5 residents aged 18+.
To line manage the Independent Living Mentor team, ensuring that a consistent high level of service is provided. To ensure that bespoke support is provided to vulnerable individuals and families across the borough and that accurate advice and information is provided to allow individuals to secure and maintain permanent accommodation. To ensure that people have access to relevant services, training and advocacy in order to remove barriers to independent living. To ensure that individuals are appropriately safeguarded and that all recording is completed to a high standard. The ILM Team Lead will also be responsible for carrying a caseload
