Barnardo's 16+ Housing Support Service works alongside young people aged 16 and over who require support to develop the skills, confidence and resilience needed to live independently.

As a Housing Support Worker, you will provide person-centred support to young people, helping them to achieve positive outcomes in areas such as housing, education, employment, training, health and wellbeing. You will build trusting relationships and work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure young people receive the support they need to thrive.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable young people as they move towards greater independence and stability.

A few of our Key Task for this role include:

To be responsible for managing the work associated with young people accommodated in the core units, ‘satellite' flats, and in their own tenancies.
To be responsible when on shift for the running of the core units; maintain standards of housekeeping and ‘home care' by encouraging and participating in ‘teamwork' and ‘house-sharing' with other staff and young people.
To lone work with young people on a one to one basis in the community to, assist and encourage them to maintain standards of housekeeping, develop positive neighbour relations, and access locally available mainstream services.
To contribute to the management of the transitions young people negotiate between the various living arrangements provided by the project.
To design and facilitate flexible individual programmes with young people which,
Define their needs, wishes and aspirations;
- identify goals and methods through which these will be met/achieved; and
- to review, assess and change those goals as the young person's life develops.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's   values.

We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Reference number:23585
Job Title:Housing Support Worker
Location:Barnardo's 16+ Glasgow Service
Contract type:Permanent
Hours:37
Salary:£26,666.00 - £27,838.00
Closing Date:31 August 2026
Interview Date:To be confirmed

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