Housing Officer, Social Work

We are excited to be recruiting into our Dispersed Housing team, joining us in making a difference for young people moving on from homelessness. Our passionate and hardworking team does this through supporting young people to achieve their goals and aspirations and you could be a part of this amazing effort.

The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Tuesday 22 September 2026.

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 Black/Black British backgrounds, Muslim and male candidates, 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.

• By developing individual support plans that promote independent living skills including accommodation, EET and wellbeing, you will help young people achieve independence.
• Using your knowledge and creativity, you will help young people maximise their income and manage any their rent accounts, including addressing any arrears, ensuring optimum income is achieved.
• Using your problem‑solving skills, you will explore proactively move‑on options with young people as you support them toward independent living.
• By being well organised, efficient, and effective you will undertake a host of housing management tasks including preparing properties for letting, and health and safety checks to ensure the safety of young people, colleagues, and properties.

You will be in the Dispersed Housing team, and your line manager will be our DH Support Manager.

Our Competency Development Framework sits at the heart of how we work  links our values with the behaviours we expect to see in everyday practice and supports colleagues to learn, reflect and develop. It also means our recruitment is grounded in behaviours, not just experience, so applications, interviews and job profiles all focus on how we work, not only what we do.

• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay: £31,537 - £33,143 per annum
  
  NOTE:
  
  This is the current salary and does not include the NJC pay award that is currently pending. Presently, the Government / National Employers have made a pay offer of a 3.3% pay increase. Once an agreement is reached, the relevant % uplift will be backdated to the employment start date.
• The location: You will be based near Kingsley Hall, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage some working from home.
• Interviews are on Wednesday 30th September 2026.
• You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the top of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted.
• Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we…