Housing Settlement Officer

Glasgow City Mission's Child & Family Centre; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Glasgow City Mission's Child & Family Centre seeks Housing Settlement Officers to help guests access the Overnight Welcome Centre and move from temporary accommodation into settled tenancies. You will support people as they settle into a new tenancy, turning it into a home and boosting long-term tenancy sustainment.

The role requires flexibility, creativity and a solution-focused approach, with travel around Glasgow and one evening shift per week.

Qualifications

• Flexible, creative and solution-focused work approach.
• Good interpersonal skills to build relationships with guests.
• Willingness to travel around Glasgow and work one evening shift per week.

Responsibilities

• Support guests accessing the Overnight Welcome Centre and help move from temporary accommodation to a settled tenancy.
• Assist in turning a tenancy into a home and improve long-term tenancy sustainment.
• Contribute to breaking the cycle of homelessness and securing a more stable future.

Job description

Help people move beyond homelessness by supporting themfrom temporary accommodation into a settled tenancy andhelping make that tenancy a home.

Supporting people to move from homelessness towardsa settled, sustainable home.

Pay £16.87 per hour

Hours 35 hours per week

The opportunity

Could you help break the cycle of homelessness?

Are you passionate about helping people move beyondhomelessness and towards a settled, sustainable home?

We’re seeking staff who are motivated to tackle the problemof homelessness, with the skills to create a welcomingenvironment for people with complex needs.

The Glasgow Overnight Welcome Centre anticipates receivinghundreds of guests seeking refuge and a warm, safe place tosleep. We’re looking for people with great interpersonal skillswho can build healthy relationships with guests who are currentlyin temporary accommodation or coming through the OvernightWelcome Centre.

About the role

Helping a tenancy become a home

We are seeking to appoint a team of Housing Settlement Officerswho will support guests accessing the Overnight Welcome Centreand help people move on from temporary accommodation.

You will support people as they settle into a new tenancy,helping them turn that tenancy into a home and improving thelikelihood of long-term tenancy sustainment.

The longer-term aim is to help people end the cycle ofhomelessness and establish a more secure future.

The role requires the post-holder to be flexible, creative and solution-focused,with travel around Glasgow. It also includes one evening shift per week.

Who we welcome

Experience can take many forms

We welcome applications from people with lived experienceof homelessness or asylum and immigration.

Interviews 12, 13 and 14 October 2026

Training 16–20 November 2026

Contract begins 1 December 2026

Find out more about the role

This role requires membership of the PVG Scheme.

Applicants should have a Christian faith and a live churchconnection. This is a Genuine Occupational Requirement in termsof the Employment Equality Act 2010.