We are excited to be recruiting into our High Support team in a busy but rewarding city centre-based housing project for vulnerable young people. If you have a desire to help young people and have excellent support and housing management skills and experience, we want to hear from you.
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is at 23:59 on Tuesday 18 March 2025.
We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from minoritized ethnic groups and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people 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.
Who are we?
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.
What you will be doing:
• By engaging young people with confidence and passion, you will show you love being around them and working with them.
• By being empathetic, you will show you truly understand the complex needs of young people.
• Tapping into your skills of working with a diverse caseload, you will help young people develop and reach their goals and aspirations.
• By working well in a fast-paced environment, you will successfully juggle the demands of a busy caseload and providing on-going support for young people.
• Ensuring the safety, security, and wellbeing of young people, yourself, and colleagues.
• By being well organised, efficient, and effective you will support the whole team in a range of housing management functions, including the promotion and facilitation of a positive rent culture.
You will participate in the team rolling rota, with earliest start at 7am and latest finish at 10pm, one weekend on and three weekends off in a four-week period. You will be in the High Support Team and your line manager will be the St Georges House Manager.
At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based, and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job.
If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us.
Contract details
• Hours per week: 40 (this represents full time hours)
• Contract type: Permanent.
• Pay: £29,572 - £31,067
• The location: You will be based in St George’s House, close to Bristol’s main bus station as well as the vibrant city centre.
A few benefits at 1625ip
In return for your dedication, we offer:
• A 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
• “1625 Independent People is an amazing organisation and I feel very lucky to work here”, Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2024.
• “I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities and support I have received in my career progression that has led me to my dream job!” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, on the vacancy page of our website.
Important dates
• Application deadline closes: 23:59 Tuesday 18 March 2025.
• If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Thursday 20 March 2025, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• Interviews are on Thursday 27 March 2025.
Application information
Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you.
• To access the Job Pack and submit an application, please visit the vacancy page on our website.
• You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the end 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 recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form.
• Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you.
Contact us
• To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Federica Ventura - federica.ventura@1625ip.co.uk
• If you have any queries, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk
• For support with your application should you need it, Future Bright - WECA provide free coaching.
Equitable opportunities for everyone
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.
As an organisation who safeguard and promote 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.
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.