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Irwell Valley Homes is a not-for-profit housing association providing affordable homes and services to more than 20,000 people across Greater Manchester. Legally it is Irwell Valley Housing Association Limited, a charitable Community Benefit Society (registered number 20684R), with its head office at Oaklands House, 34 Washway Road, Sale, M33 6FS. It offers homes for social rent, affordable rent, market rent and shared ownership, and describes its mission as enabling people to live well in their home and community.

Accommodation and support services

Beyond general-needs housing, Irwell Valley runs an Independent and Community Living service that provides accommodation-based support for adults and young people. Its supported housing is commissioned by local authorities and includes schemes for people with dementia, mental health needs, learning and physical disabilities, young people aged 16 to 25, and people who have been homeless or experienced domestic abuse. Named services in current adverts include Greenbank in Old Trafford (a young people's supported housing scheme running early and late shifts, no sleep-ins) and MOUP in Salford, which recruits night coordinators, core coordinators and self-management coaches. The organisation says it provides over 300 places for people with additional support needs, nearly 500 homes across 12 independent-living schemes for older people, and works with more than 20 partner agencies. In the last reported year it housed 304 families and 165 individuals who had previously been homeless and helped 783 people live independently.

• Supported housing for young people (16 to 25)
• Supported housing for people with mental health needs, dementia and disabilities
• Housing for people who have been homeless or experienced domestic abuse
• Independent living schemes for older people
• Tenancy, money, employment and wellbeing support

Where they work and who they support

Homes and services sit in eight Greater Manchester local authorities, with neighbourhood teams covering Trafford, Tameside, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Salford, Wythenshawe and parts of Lancashire. A community hub operates in Denton, and a £2 million charitable fund, the Irwell Valley Foundation, funds personal-development and community projects.

Working here

Irwell Valley says it recruits for attitude, looking for people who want to make a difference and take responsibility. Its values are inclusive, innovative, honest and caring, backed by four behaviours: taking responsibility, taking pride, making a difference, and learning and growing. It is an accredited Living Wage employer, a Disability Confident employer, a Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter supporter and an Armed Forces Covenant silver award holder. Benefits listed on adverts include up to 30 days' holiday, a birthday day off, two volunteering days a year, a medical cash plan, a stakeholder pension, a Perkbox allowance, financial education and cycle-to-work and season-ticket schemes. Typical roles are supported housing project workers, assistant supported housing workers, night coordinators, self-management coaches, neighbourhood housing officers and trades staff. Recruitment runs through IRIS Networx; HR can be reached at hr@irwellvalley.co.uk or 0300 561 1111, and general enquiries at contact@irwellvalley.co.uk.