Supported Housing Worker

Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more. If you’d like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who we’re looking for!

Job Role: Supported Housing Worker 

Salary: £24,500 per year     

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Somerset East & Somerset (mainly Frome & Shepton Mallet) 

Additional information: 

• Valid driver's license and access to a car business purposes
• Participation in an on-call, out of hours rota (£100 per week when on-call)
• Occasional weekend work may be required 

The Role:

As a Support Worker, you'll provide personalised, high-quality support to individuals who have experienced rough sleeping and have high support needs. You'll work across four small housing units, building strong relationships with residents to help them gain stability, overcome challenges, and move towards greater independence. With an average caseload of just four clients, you'll have the time to provide meaningful, one-to-one support.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a lasting impact, helping people maintain their tenancies, access the right services, and take steps towards a brighter future. If you're compassionate, proactive, and ready to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities include: 

• Progress and track referrals into the service and outcomes for clients moving on from the service
• Complete holistic assessments for clients, leading to the development of support plans which meet individual client goals
• Give clients advice, and information and provide an enabling service so that they can be signposted to and access appropriate services to develop independence
• Embed client involvement in all aspects of the support we provide and create a culture within service delivery which ensures the clients voice and feedback is encouraged, and heard
• Maintain client records that they are accurate and fully updated using our client record system
• Since job descriptions cannot be exhaustive; the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities

Qualifications / Requirements: 

• A valid UK driving licence and access to own vehicle – business insurance will be required for roles involving travel for work
• Experience working with vulnerable adults and/or people with complex needs and challenging behaviours

There are many great reasons to join our team!

• Great opportunities for career development and free monthly training sessions from experienced facilitators
• Sliding salary scale with salary increases every year for the first 3 years
• Wellbeing related support and advice and up to 6 free counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme
• 27 days annual leave, including an extra day off for your birthday, increasing up to 30 days after 4 years of continuous employment
• 30% staff discount at Julian House charity shops
• 20% staff discount at Julian House bike workshops
• For all the fantastic and valuable work you'll be doing makes you eligible for the Blue Light Card which offers amazing discounts on thousands of brands
• A generous and competitive pension scheme
• Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our Simply Health Scheme
• A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted
• 6 weekly Reflective Practice sessions from objective, external facilitators