We are recruiting into our Dispersed Housing team. We have an opportunity in our highly skilled team for a new colleague to join us in making a difference for young people moving on from homelessness. Our passionate and hardworking team does this through supporting young people to achieve their goals and aspirations and you could be a part of this amazing effort. 

Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Thursday 22 August 2024.

We are particularly keen to increase applications from Black/Black British and Muslim candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We would also like applications from people with relevant lived experience. If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. 

Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.

What you will be doing:

• By developing individual support plans that promote independent living skills including accommodation, EET and wellbeing, you will help young people achieve independence.
• Using your knowledge and creativity, you will help young people maximise their income and manage any their rent accounts, including addressing any arrears, ensuring optimum income is achieved.
• Using your problem-solving skills, you will explore proactively move-on options with young people as you support them toward independent living.
• By being well organised, efficient, and effective you will undertake a host of housing management tasks including preparing properties for letting, and health and safety checks to ensure the safety of young people, colleagues, and properties.

You will be in the Dispersed Housing Team and your line manager will be our Housing Support Manager.

At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. 

No prior experience? No problem! We believe in your potential and are committed to providing training and support to help you thrive. If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 37.5 (this represents full time hours) 
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay: £29,777- £31,364 per annum 
• The location: You will be based in Kingsley Hall, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage some working from home.

A few benefits at 1625ip:
In return for your dedication, we offer:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays
• Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF
• A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing 
• “I feel grateful to work here every day! The work feels useful and worthwhile, and I feel like I am able to make a difference for our young people” (From Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2023).
• “I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities and support I have received in my career progression that has led me to my dream job!” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, here. 

Important dates: 

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Thursday 22 August 2024.
• If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Friday 30 August 2024, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 
• Interviews are on Monday 09 September 2024.