We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Homelessness and Prevention team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high- quality support we provide.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Homelessness and Prevention team as a Support Working within the Community.

Housing sits at the heart of our organisation. We believe that everyone deserves a safe, secure, affordable home. Providing care and support to those who need it is an important part of what we do. We work with people experiencing homelessness and who often have other support needs.

Our services include hostels, young peoples’ accommodation services and support delivered in the community; where we provide tailored support that prepares our customers to achieve independence and re-integrate within the community.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Support Worker in Arlington Camden. This service provides floating support within the community visiting customers properties across London. Providing support to former rough sleepers focusing on tenancy sustainment, employment, training supporting their development to progress onto independent accommodation.

Salary: £12,090 Per Annum Pro rata - based on a full time equivalent salary of £24,190 per annum

Hours: 18.75 Per week 2.5 days a week

Shifts: Monday - Friday 9am- 17:30 (Some flexibility will be required)

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a team working to support individuals (with low–medium support needs) to maintain their tenancy, avoid eviction and improve long-term positive outcomes.
• Carrying out support planning and risk assessments for customers with low-medium support needs.
• Supporting the customer with property viewings; sign-up to the OHG tenancy and to sustain the tenancy.
• Collaborating with relevant community agencies to ensure customers receive appropriate advice and support.

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is committed to achieving positive outcomes for all of our customers. The successful candidate will:

• Experience of working with people in a support setting
• Knowledge of housing
• Knowledge of policies & procedures, including: Safeguarding, Health & Safety, Customer Care
• Must be willing to work within both our Enfield based supported accommodations and be flexible to work the occasional weekend
• Experience and knowledge of safeguarding legislation including ability to recognize safeguarding issues.
• Possess a genuine passion for making a real difference in peoples lives.

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary:£12,090
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and our workforce reflects that. As of December 2021, One Housing merged with the Riverside Group, creating one of the country's largest housing associations, with more than 75,000 homes. This follows a shared recognition that we are better and stronger together; and that when we combine, we will be able to do more for our customers and the communities we serve.

At One Housing, our people are our strength which is why we work very hard to enable all employees to bring their authentic self to work. This commitment is reflected in our diversity groups support network, our wellbeing initiatives and our employee benefits.

We understand that the different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Homelessness and Prevention team.