Homeless Recovery Worker Assistant - TWO1239639

Two Saints; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra mile awards

Pension & life cover

Blue Light Card

Equality champions

EAP

Staff discounts

Wellbeing focus

GP helpline

Service awards

Flexible holidays

Refer a friend

Job summary

Two Saints in Southampton is recruiting a Homeless Support Worker Assistant on a full-time basis (37 hours). You will support people facing homelessness to build confidence, develop life skills and access housing and services, while learning safeguarding and working within our policies.

The role emphasizes guidance, encouragement and empowering clients to reach their goals in a supportive, values-driven team. DBS checks are required.

Qualifications

• An interest and concern for homelessness and related issues.
• Ability to contribute to a team.
• Good communication skills, clear verbal and written English.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to build confidence and essential life skills.
• Assist clients to access housing and services.
• Uphold safeguarding policies and work within the team.

Skills

Interest in homelessness

Team player

English communication

Written English

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

The Vacancy

Homeless Support Worker Assistant Full Time - 37hrs Southampton £24,627 starting, progressing to £25,070 Enhanced DBS Required Reference: TWO1239639 Drivers Licence: Desirable Lone Working: No Night Working: No Weekend Working: Yes

At Two Saints, we are proud of our values and our mission: to provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel valued and secure, and ready to take their next steps. We're seeking compassionate, adaptable people to join our Southampton service as a Homeless Support Worker Assistant. You'll bring a passion for supporting people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and recognise their own strengths and support needs through positive, meaningful interactions. As the ideal candidate, your ability to connect with people will help them build trust, resilience, and a sense of possibility for their future. You will learn knowledge of safeguarding, working proactively within our policies, and contribute to a strong, collaborative team environment. Our Homeless Support Worker Assistant roles are support-based, focused on guidance, encouragement, and empowering clients to achieve their goals. The work can be challenging, but also truly rewarding - made even more so by the supportive, values-driven team who will help nurture and develop your skills.

Homeless Support Worker Assistant Essentials

• An interest and concern for homelessness and related issues
• Ability to contribute to a team
• Good communication skills, clear verbal and written English
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word

Homeless Support Worker Assistant Desirables

• Experience in similar sectors
• Experience in customer service roles

For full role details please see the attached Job Description for the role of Homeless Support Worker Assistant.

Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment, using pre-employment checks such as Enhanced DBS, Overseas Police Checks (where appropriate), Reference Checks and CV gap querying upon appointment to the role.

For further information:

Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]

Website: https://www.twosaints.org.uk/

About Us

We offer support to people who are homeless, vulnerable or at risk of becoming homeless and need help rebuilding their lives for a brighter future. Our services include safe, flexible and reliable client led housing and support with a focus on reducing homelessness, improving health and wellbeing and building on individual's skills and resilience to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty and exclusion.

We work in partnership with multiple agencies and authorities to deliver support and accommodation needs across Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset.

We are dedicated to safeguarding all young people and adults with our services. We follow safer recruitment practices for all our vacancies to assure that all successful candidates are suitable to work with our clients.

We're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that embodies our values and promotes a tolerant and respectful environment where everyone can feel empowered to succeed.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will support with any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Our vision

To be a safety net for people in tough times and the springboard to a brighter future.

Our mission

To provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps.

Our values

• Everyone matters
• We know we're stronger together
• We do the right things, for the right reasons
• We never give up

Our Benefits

• Extra mile awards
• Pension with life cover
• Blue Light Card
• Champions of equality
• Employee assistance programme
• Staff discounts via Wider Wallet
• Dedication to wellbeing
• GP helpline
• Length of service awards
• Generous and flexible holiday
• Refer a friend scheme