Staying Close Coordinator

Location

The Lodge, Boundary Lane, Hulme, Manchester M15 6NU
(require travel across Greater Manchester)

35 per week

12 month Fixed Term

23rd January 2026

Staying Close is a model that provides an enhanced support package for young people leaving care, offering practical and emotional support delivered by a dedicated Staying Close worker. Many care leavers experience a cliff‑edge when they leave care and move into an independent tenancy, reporting not feeling equipped to deal with living independently. As a result, many care leavers get into debt, arrears and lose their tenancies.

Young people leaving care also lack strong support networks to help with the transition to independent living, increasing the risk of homelessness. Staying Close aims to provide the necessary emotional and practical support to help young people transition into independent living, giving them the tools to live independently.

You will work within Manchester’s Staying Close offer to provide additional support to care leavers, improving accommodation outcomes, stability and reducing homelessness. You will further develop joint working between the Leaving Care Service, housing services and partner agencies, and work flexibly with some evening and weekend time required.

• Collaborate with focused services to ensure Council services and partner agencies provide quality services for young people.
• Support young people prior to securing a tenancy and when accommodated by other housing providers across Manchester.
• Advocate on behalf of people and communities.
• Travel across Greater Manchester, requiring a full UK driving licence and access to a car.

Passion to advocate for people and communities, commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and a case‑by‑case approach to criminal convictions.

Enhanced criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required as this role is based in a supported housing project for young people and children. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case‑by‑case basis.

• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company funded health cash plan for everyday health treatments such as optical and dental.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and wellbeing support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to being a member of the company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion; all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role. We encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if possible. We support you to balance work and life, including flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues.

For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. If you wish to discuss the role informally, please contact Helen Walker, Foyer Manager on .

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 will close if a suitable candidate is found. We strongly recommend candidates to apply early.

We are passionate about inclusion and would 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.