Job Description

Working hours:

40 hours per week

Interview Date:

To be confirmed


We are looking for a

Specialist Support Worker (Housing)

to join our team at Riverside and Matthew House in Westferry, London. Riverside and Matthew House is a 60 bedded Lifehouse supporting women who are experiencing homelessness.


The Salvation Army Homelessness Services are committed to providing opportunities that support each person to find their purpose, develop positive relationships, and experience a sense of community. Everything we do will be underpinned by our core values of passion, compassion, respect, accountability, boldness, and integrity. We demonstrated these values within our daily practice as we seek to reduce, prevent, and end homelessness.

Overall Purpose of the Role:

The role of the Specialist Support Worker (Housing) with The Salvation Army is critical to providing an enhanced level of service for our vulnerable residents, which promotes resident choice and control, and ensures residents learn new skills, make positive life choices and achieve the best possible outcomes.


The specialism of this role focuses on housing, from the point of referral, to support within the service, to move on into alternative accommodation.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and Enhanced with the barred list Adult DBS Disclosure

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click

here

and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.