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About the Role
Make a meaningful impact every weekend by supporting young people to build the confidence, skills and resilience they need for independent living. In this 6 bed spaces - designated low support and needs accommodation service, you’ll deliver focused, strengths‑based support, complete SMART outcome‑driven plans, and lead risk and needs assessments—helping clients progress with purpose while maintaining a safe and positive environment.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of clients in the service at all times possible including using Safeguarding and emergency alert procedures as applicable.
- Carry a caseload of clients for whom you will be the named key worker, and take joint responsibility with team members for the wellbeing and day-to-day support of all clients.
- Lead on risk and needs assessment and support planning for key clients and contribute to ongoing needs and risk assessment of other clients.
- Develop and implement SMART outcomes-based support plans for key clients.
- Deliver one-to-one and group support opportunities within their accommodation and in the local community aimed at increasing resilience.
- Proactively work in partnership with multiple agencies including statutory teams, to support the wellbeing of Depaul clients in accordance with data protection and information sharing protocols.
- Be flexible, reflective and creative in engagement with clients and personalised in support.
- Involve clients in decisions made about them and encourage participation in DePaul’s wider community program of activities.
- Support all clients to participate in Education, Training, Employment and Volunteering opportunities as appropriate to the development of their skills, assets and aspirations.
- Participate in a Rota which may include unsocial hours and weekend working.
- Ensure the health and safety of the environment for clients, staff, visitors and volunteers through regular checks and reporting.
- Prepare the accommodation for new clients to move into and support the client to settle in.
- Support and facilitate the work of volunteers.
- Undertake further duties as commensurate to the role and identified by your line manager.
- Support clients to maximize their benefit entitlement primarily by making Housing Benefits and Universal Claims.
Requirements
- Experience of working with the client group.
- An understanding and commitment to working in an assets-based way.
- An understanding of the needs of people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, and substance use.
- A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning.
- Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures.
- Commitment to working in a manner which promotes diversity and equality ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity and no one suffers from discrimination.
- Commitment to promoting an environment, which has the highest regard for the Health and Safety of others.
- Personal and professional integrity.
- High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries.
- Effective collaborative working.
- Ability to effectively reflect on own practices for ongoing learning and development.
- Respect for the values and ethos of Depaul and its founding partners.
Skills
- Safeguarding
- Risk Assessment
- Support Planning
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- IT skills
- Diversity and Equality
- Health and Safety
- Professional Boundaries
- Collaborative Working
- Reflection
- Communication
Location
- Islington
Work Type
- Part Time
- Permanent
- Weekend work only
Salary/Compensations
- £11,734.40
Benefits
- Tailored training and development
- Flexible working options where suitable
- 26 days annual leave, rising with service
- Family‑friendly leave policies
- Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 7%
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access
- Discounts across retail, travel, food, fitness and more
- Cash health plan for you and your family
- Death‑in‑service benefit
- Access to legal and practical support
About the Company
- At Depaul UK, we believe in people’s potential — and we take action every day to help unlock it. Whether you’re supporting young people directly or strengthening our organisation behind the scenes, your work will create real, lasting impact.
Equal Opportunity
- Depaul UK is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If a role requires it under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, we will carry out the appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We only look at information that is relevant to the role, and a criminal record will never be treated as an automatic barrier to employment. All DBS information is handled sensitively, confidentially and in line with the DBS Code of Practice, and we encourage applicants to discuss any concerns with us openly.