Night Support and Progression Officer

Centrepoint; Chipping Barnet; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Healthcare cash plan

Private Medical insurance

Income protection

Employer pension contributions

Cycle to Work loan

Travel loan

Job summary

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is seeking a Night Support and Progression Officer to join our London Accommodation Pathfinder service based in Barnet. The role delivers a pilot supported housing project for 16/17 year-olds, offering safeguarding and progression support within a dedicated team.

You’ll work late evenings and overnight on a rota, keeping Social Workers and Youth Justice colleagues up to date, and developing innovative ways to engage young people and help

Qualifications

• Effective communicator with vulnerable young people.
• Excellent report writing and stakeholder communication.
• Flexible, team-based and committed to continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a pilot supported housing project for 16/17 year-olds.
• Work late evenings and overnight on a rota to support safeguarding.
• Keep Social Workers and Youth Justice colleagues updated on progress.
• Create and deliver innovative engagement techniques for court orders.
• Work within a coordinated staff team to achieve positive outcomes.

Skills

Effective communication

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Teamwork

Self-development

Proactive mindset

Lived experience welcome

Job description

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (42hours per week)

Salary: £28,000 - £31,000 per annum

Closing Date: 21st September 2026

Interviews will be held w/c 28th September 2026

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a talentedNight Support and Progression Officerto join our London Accommodation Pathfinder service based in Barnet.

About us

We support vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 15,000 young people each year.

Service Information

The London Accommodation Pathfinder (LAP) is a London wide pilot providing supported accommodation as an alternative to youth custody for children, primarily boys aged 16–17. The programme aims to reduce the use of custody, improve outcomes, and address racial disproportionality within the youth justice system, particularly for Black and Mixed heritage children. The service provides intensive, tailored support to help children move from pro-offending to pro-social identity and behaviours.

About you

• Effective communicator with natural ability to engage and build productive relationships with vulnerable young people.
• Passionate about enabling vulnerable young people to lead positive and progressive lives.
• Excellent at report writing and communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Flexible, always adapting to changing needs and working as part of a team.
• Engaging, committed to self-development by engaging with training and continuous learning.
• Proactive, always looking for creative ways of working and keeping young people engaged.
• We are particularly interested in receiving applicants with lived experience and practitioners from diverse ethnic backgrounds to deliver identity‑focused and culturally competent support within the LAP.

What you’ll be doing

• Delivering a pilot supported housing project, that has ministerial oversight, to 16/17 year-olds as an alternative to custodial sentences.

• Working on a rota from late evenings and overnight, you will engage, support and safeguard 16/17 year-olds who are involved in the criminal justice system.
• Keeping key professionals, including Social Workers and Youth Justice practitioners up to date with young peoples’ progress, safeguarding needs and risk management plans.
• Creating and delivering innovative techniques to engage young people and enable them to adhere to their court orders.
• Working within a tight, reflective and well-coordinated integrated staff team.
• Generating positive outcomes with the young people to create a body of evidence that will be used to change the criminal justice’s response to 16/17 who offend.

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical,Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Our approach to applications

We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.

We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.