Project Worker

We are excited to be recruiting into our dynamic team at Charles England House, located in Patchway. If you have a passion for helping young people, including young parents and care‑experienced young people on the final part of their journey toward independent living, and have experience working in supported accommodation or relevant transferable skills supporting individuals and managing housing, we want to hear from you.

We aim to build a more diverse workforce that reflects the young people we support, including those from migrant, refugee and asylum‑seeking communities. We therefore warmly encourage applications from individuals who are currently under‑represented at 1625ip, including people from minoritised backgrounds, and anyone 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.

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.

At 1625ip our work is rooted in Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) and Trauma‑Informed Practice (TIP). Our Psychologically Informed Framework shapes how we build relationships, use our spaces, and support young people. This means we prioritise safety, trust, collaboration, and understanding the impact of trauma in every interaction. You don’t need prior experience in PIE or TIP to apply – we’ll support you to learn and develop these approaches in the role.

• Develop individual support plans and provide 1‑2‑1 support for a small caseload to achieve independence.
• Help young people maximise their income and manage their rent accounts, including addressing any arrears and reinforcing a positive rent culture.
• Work on your own initiative and alongside your team to ensure a safe and thriving home environment for young people.
• Undertake housing management tasks, including preparing properties for letting, supporting young people in entering and leaving our service, and conducting health and safety checks.
• Maintain a variety of records using your organisational and IT skills.
• Work to a set rota, including evenings, weekends and lone‑working shifts.
• Apply or develop knowledge of Supported Accommodation Regulations to support Care‑Experienced young people.

You will be in the Charles England House team and your line manager will be the Charles England House Team Leader.

• Contract type:
  Permanent.
• Location:
  
  Charles England House in Patchway, South Gloucestershire. Free parking is available.

• 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.
• 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications. As an organisation safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly.

For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager.

We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.