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Jigsaw Homes; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Jigsaw Homes Group is recruiting a Night Worker in Ashton-under-Lyne to join our 24/7 homeless accommodation and support services.

You will provide frontline welfare, health and safety guidance to residents with complex needs, join a dedicated team, and be flexible to work evenings, weekends, and holidays in a part-time role. We offer a Disability Confident employer scheme and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with complex needs to promote independence.
• Experience working with vulnerable client groups in frontline settings.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide night-time support to residents to maintain welfare, health and safety.
• Work as part of a team in a 24/7 housing support service.
• Be willing to work late evenings, weekends, bank holidays and Christmas concessionary days.

Skills

Vulnerable clients support

Excellent communication

Flexibility

Job description

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days).

We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4-day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company, then please read on.

Who we are

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department

At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.

Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success.

We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.

In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.

With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.

Role information

Please note that The Female Sex Exemption claimed under Section 7 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, applies to this post.

We are looking for enthusiastic people to join our safe accommodation service and contracted homeless accommodation services.

You will have experience supporting people with complex needs helping them to overcome barriers so they can be resettled back into the community.

Working as part of motivated team, you will be providing support and advice to maintain the welfare, health and safety of all our customers.

You will have experience working with vulnerable client group in a front-line customer environment and you will have great communication skills with everyone you meet.

We operate a 24/7 service for our customers covering all aspects of homelessness. We also provide an out of hours service for our partners.

You will need to be flexible to meet service needs and will be expected to work late evenings, weekends, bank holidays and Christmas concessionary days so you must be willing to work all patterns.

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.

Night Worker

Company: Jigsaw Homes Salary: £15,386 to £15,386 a year Hours: Part-time Location: Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8EX Job type: Permanent Posting date: 10 Sept 2026 Closing date: 22 Sept 2026

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About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.