Night Housing Worker

Night Housing Worker – Woodleaze  

We have an opportunity for new colleagues to join our Woodleaze team; Woodleaze is a new and exciting 24-hour high support 18-bed accommodation service for young people in Yate.  We are passionate about what we do, and we work hard to make a positive change to young people’s lives.  Join us and be a part of this amazing effort to end youth homelessness!  

There is one Night Housing Worker post at 0.9 FTE and one Night Housing Worker post at 0.45 FTE.  

Please find full details of how to apply via our Website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Sunday 13 June 2021.

We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the South West, working with over 2,500 young people. We have strong local partnerships and adhere to the best practice in the sector.  We build trusting relationships between our young people and our colleagues and this is at the core of our work.

What we are looking for:

• You are resilient and can work on your own initiative, but also alongside your team and colleagues, ensuring a safe and thriving environment for young people.
• You are an enthusiastic team player, willing to get stuck in, be it running an activity or helping clean a room.
• You maintain professional boundaries and offer clear and consistent messages to young people who may present challenging behaviour, be chaotic, distressed and have learned not to trust.
• Previous experience is not required as these posts offer an ideal opportunity to start your career in the sector in a role which is meaningful, highly skilled, and which can be challenging but is very rewarding

What you will be doing:

• In this pivotal role, you will ensure a safe, homely environment at the project, including help to ensure the security of the building when on shift, including responding, appropriately to unacceptable or challenging behaviour.
• Playing a key role as part of the Woodleaze team, to ensure young people are getting the best support possible.
• By being well organised, efficient, and effective, you will ensure accurate and timely communication and record keeping of support and housing management work in the project, including reporting repairs and health and safety concerns.
• Working waking nights on a four on, four off rota pattern.

You will be in the Woodleaze team and your line manager will be our Senior Project Worker.

What we are offering:

• Never a dull day, in a busy but rewarding environment.
• 30 days holiday (pro rata for part time) or a day in lieu if working a bank holiday.
• A friendly and welcoming team and organisation.
• A relaxed dress code every day!

Contract details:

• Hours per week: 36 hours per week (this represents 0.9 FTE) or 18 hours per week (this represents 0.45 FTE)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay: £21,748 – £23,080 per annum (pro rata based on either 0.9 FTE or 0.45 FTE)
• The location: You will be based in Woodleaze in Yate, within walking distance of the train station with excellent links to central Bristol.

Application information:

• To access the Job Packs for both FTE options and complete an Application Form, please click 'Apply'
• To have an informal chat about the role, please contact woodleaze.recruitment@1625ip.co.uk
• If you have any general queries, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk   

Important dates:  

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, 13 June 2021
• If you have not heard from us by 15 June 2021, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• Interviews are on 17 and 18 June 2021

Covering Letter / Supporting Statement Guidance

Please note that the online application form cannot be saved until it is fully complete.  We recommend that you prepare your Covering Letter before you start the online application. 

Your Covering Letter is essentially your Supporting Statement and will form the most important basis on which your skills, experience and behavioural competencies will be tested against the job criteria.  Without it, your application cannot progress to the shortlisting stage. 

You should refer to the Person Specification document within the Job Pack and cover only the elements that are tested at this stage of the recruitment process.  Elements that only have the word ‘interview’ next to them will be tested at the next stage of the process and do not need to be covered in your letter. 

Please try to keep the word limit to 250 words per criterion. 

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION FORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO UPLOAD A CV, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A CV AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AND WILL NOT BE USED IN THIS PROCESS. 

Equal opportunities for everyone:

We safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Barred List Disclosure Check. 

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers.  We also pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to increase applications from Black and Minority Ethnic groups as they are currently under-represented.

Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.   If you need an adjustment made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.