Job Description

We are excited to be recruiting into our dynamic team at Charles England House, located in Patchway. Do you have a passion for helping young people, including young parents and care experienced young people on the final part of their journey toward independent living? If you share our values, and have experience working in supported accommodation, or relevant transferable skills supporting individuals and managing housing, 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 23:59, Monday 01 December 2025.

We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from minoritised 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 being empathetic and truly understanding the needs of homeless young people, young people leaving care, and the barriers they face, you will develop individual support plans and provide 1-2-1 support for a small caseload to achieve independence. Using your knowledge and creativity, you will help young people maximise their income and manage their rent accounts, including addressing any arrears, reinforcing a positive rent culture. Through your enthusiasm, you will be able to work on your own initiative but also alongside your team, ensuring a safe and thriving home environment for young people. By being well organised, efficient, and effective you will undertake a host of housing management tasks, including preparing properties for letting, supporting young people in entering and leaving our service and Health and safety checks to ensure the safety of young people, colleagues and the project. Using your organisation and IT skills, you will ensure a variety or records are kept up to date. By being flexible, you will work to a set rota, including evenings and weekends. Using your skills and knowledge of Supported Accommodation Regulations to support Care Experienced young people


You will be in the Charles England House team and your line manager will be the Charles England House Team Leader.



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.



No prior experience? No problem! We believe in your potential and are committed to providing training and support to help you thrive. 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. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

Contract details

Hours per week:

36 (this represents 0.9 FTE)

Contract type:

Permanent

Pay:

28,142 - 29,540 (pro rata based on 0.9 FTE)

The location:

You will be based in Charles England House in Patchway, South Gloucestershire. There is free parking at the scheme and great access to the M5.

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. 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.

Important dates

Application deadline closes:

23:59, Monday 01 December 2025

If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on

Wednesday 03 December 2025

, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews are on

Tuesday 09 December 2025

Application information

Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can't wait to hear from you.
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 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. If you are struggling to access any of the files linked above, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk

Contact us

To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Melissa.Pleciak@1625ip.co.uk If you have any queries, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk For support with your application, skills, training and your career Skills Connect's dedicated advisors can assist you

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. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. 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.