Job Description
About the role:
We re looking for passionate, proactive Young Person s Workers to join our teams, two in Greenwich and one in Lewisham. This is a hands-on, relationship-focused role where you ll support young people to move towards stability, independence and long-term opportunity.
You ll work directly with young people who may be facing housing instability and other challenges, providing personalised, practical support that builds confidence and resilience. Through strengths-based support planning and clear safety plans, you ll help young people develop essential life skills - from managing a tenancy and budgeting, to accessing education, training and employment. Your role is to help them turn aspirations into achievable steps.
Day to day, you ll coach and motivate young people to take ownership of their goals, whilst maintaining professional boundaries and managing risk confidently. You ll work collaboratively with internal colleagues and external partners to ensure each young person has access to the right services at the right time. You ll keep accurate records, review progress regularly and adapt support to reflect changing needs - always focused on sustainable outcomes.
This role is about more than providing support - it s about unlocking potential. You ll be part of a team that believes young people can thrive with the right guidance, encouragement and opportunities. In return, you ll gain valuable experience in supported housing and youth-focused services, with genuine opportunities to grow your career at Single Homeless Project (SHP).
If you re motivated by seeing young people succeed and want to play a key role in helping them build independent futures, we d love to hear from you.
Please note these roles work on a rota, including some weekends and late night working.
About you:
- You bring experience working with young people in the community and in accommodation services.
- Your toolkit includes practical skills in motivation and coaching young people
- Your approach is creative, analytical, trauma-informed and rooted in a strengths and recovery model.
- You can creatively inspire opportunities for our young people to thrive and to develop to their highest potential.
- A non-judgmental approach to working with young people with complex needs and to promote a strengths-based approach and an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
- Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to supporting young people achieve the outcomes and goals we support them to set for themselves.
About us:
We re London s leading homelessness charity and we get things done.
In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we re not shying away. We re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.
We re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.
Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.
We re not perfect, but we re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn t just a job. It s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 8th March at midnight
Interview date: Tuesday 17th and 18th March at SHP Head Office in Kings Cross
Please note, suitable candidates will be invited to a second stage interview.
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed by SHP for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications requiring sponsorship or with insufficient right to work will not be accepted or progressed.
