Young Parent's Supported Housing Officer

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5hrs on rota including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays)
Salary: £21,371 - £25,598 per annum
Location: Sunderland, Lewis Crescent

New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Young Parents’ Supported Housing Officer to join our Braford services. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a Permanent opportunity with a closing date of 5th June 2023.

The role of Young Parent’s Supported Housing Officer is central to maximising the opportunity for young parents and their child/ children in Lewis Crescent to achieve positive outcomes that will enable them to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives during and after leaving Centrepoint’s services.

The post holder will be responsible for providing support to young parents and expectant parents in our accommodation based service in Sunderland. They will also be responsible for providing support to young parents and expectant parents.

• Working within the Young Parent Service, providing support to vulnerable young Parents and single young people.
• Working in a team with a strong understanding of the developmental needs of children, the challenges of parenting.
• Promote a vibrant culture with an uncompromising commitment to excellence, reflecting and responding to health and housing needs and fully integrating support packages that reflect the needs of those accessing the service.
• Working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team that works with young parents / Young people to identify and meet their personal, social, health, learning and work needs.
• Follow the lead from line management to ensure that all performance and contractual targets are met and exceeded.

Experience of working with young parents and expectant parents is desirable. Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details.

What we offer in return...

In return for your efforts, as our Supported Housing Officer, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

• Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career

• Employer pension contributions of 4%

• Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale

• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Young Parents Supported Housing Officer, click ‘Apply’ now!