Job Description

The Whitechapel Centre's mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.

Our small team of Progression Coaches support and enrich our Pathways service for people with multiple and complex needs by offering targeted learning and development opportunities which help people improve their wellbeing and self-esteem and achieve their personal goals.

Carrying a small caseload, you will work closely with Support and Treatment Workers to deliver and broker learning and development activities and support services which help people connect with the wider community and make the transition out of homelessness services.

Well-organised, and with the energy and commitment to make a real difference, you will have a keen understanding of the needs of people with complex needs in relation to learning and enablement activities along with practical experience of designing and delivering group learning sessions.

We are particularly interested to receive applications from people with lived experience of homelessness and/or substance misuse

As this is a 7 day service, you will need to have the flexibility to work at weekends and outside of normal office hours by arrangement.

Funding for this service is to 31 March 2026 in the first instance however continuation funding will be sought.

Please note:

we do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form

. You can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 0151 207 7617. Packs can also be downloaded from our website at www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk.

There is no formal close date for this vacancy. We are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as our shortlisting requirements are met.

This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS.

The Whitechapel Centre. Committed to addressing discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in the provision of services and employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: 28,142.00-31,022.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Flexitime Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person