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Job details

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £27,817.21

Closing Date: 15th June 2026

\n Interviews will be held w/c 22nd & 29th June 2026\n

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a X3 Night Supported Housing Assistants to join our Bournemouth team based across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

\n About us \n

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

\n Service Information \n

The Bournemouth Service is a mixture of specifically sourced properties suitable for complex young people. We currently have a building containing 8 s/c flats with one of these being used as the office base for staff. The remaining properties for young people are dispersed throughout BCP, in areas such as Poole, Christchurch but mainly the Bournemouth area at present. We are a team of Housing First Officers as well as Night Supported Housing Assistants, providing 24-hour support to our young people.

We offer all young people within our service a high level of support, ranging from basic house and life skills, through to arranging courses and providing additional support to other areas of general life. Having a property is the first step to living independently but as a team, we support, provide and guide our young people to becoming members of the community.

Applicants for this role will be expected to work on a rota basis, including alternate weekends.

\n In this role you will:\n

Work face to face with young people and support them to achieve their goals and independence.
Work independently and as part of a team to ensure the highest possible standards of accommodation
Provide waking night cover from 9:30pm – 9am
Undertake initial and ongoing needs/risk assessments for young people
Manage your own caseload of young people, providing holistic support in line with their needs and aspirations
Liaise with multiple agencies to ensure effective communication across the service and externally including social work teams, YOS, health and other statutory services and voluntary agencies
Make internal and external referrals to a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies for specialist support and Employment and Training opportunities
Support young people to manage their rent accounts through liaison with the DWP, Social Services and building their own personal budgeting skills

\n This role is perfect for you if you:\n

Are passionate about working with young people
Have experience working within supported housing settings
Are able to support YP with a range of high to low support needs
Can work independently, as part of a team and alongside a range of external partners.
Have strong communication skills.
Are looking to bring your energy, skills and enthusiasm to a new team of colleagues
Have an interest in working with USAC (Unaccompanied asylum seeking children)

\n Why join Centrepoint? \n

In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
Private Medical insurance
Income protection
Employer pension contributions of 5%
Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
An interest-free travel loan

\n At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.\n

\n We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice. \n

\n Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.\n

\n Our approach to applications\n

\n We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.\n

\n We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.\n

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Night Supported Housing Assistant click ‘Apply’ now!

\n Apply\n

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