Senior Housing Support Worker

BARNARDO'S; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Buy Your Leave

Sick pay from day 1

Cycle2work

Season ticket loan

Store discount 20%

Health cash plan

Employee assistance program

Learning and Development

Job summary

Barnardo's is seeking a Senior Housing Support Worker to lead in the delivery of a dispersed housing service for up to 13 young people aged 18–25 in Preston and Lancaster. The post involves visiting houses weekly, maintaining safety and accommodation standards, and coordinating moves in and out while supporting independence.

The role requires strong risk assessment and safeguarding skills, with a commitment to service user participation. £29,507–£33,681 FTE, 37 hours, permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Ability to assess needs and risks for placements.
• Experience managing safeguarding in multi-agency contexts.
• Commitment to user participation as a core value.
• Skilled at resolving issues and preventing placement breakdowns.

Responsibilities

• Lead in delivering dispersed housing support across four houses.
• Conduct weekly visits, maintain accommodation standards and safety.
• Complete house checks, report repairs, and light cleaning.
• Assist young people with benefits and social housing registrations.
• Help develop independent living skills and move ins/move outs.

Skills

Assess risk & need

Safeguarding multi-agency

Service-user participation

Conflict resolution

Job description

Moving On – Dispersed Houses

This part of the service relates to 4 shared houses (3 in Preston and 1 in Lancaster) that provide accommodation to up to 13 young people. The houses are owned by Registered Social Landlords and Barnardo's are the managing agent for these premises. All of the young people who live in the houses are 18-25 and have often moved into them as the next step in their journey to independence , having previously lived in supported accommodation with a higher level of support.

Initial Specific Responsibilities

We wish to identify a new team member to join our small team of reliable and high-quality workers, to lead in the delivery of the service.

The successful candidate will be highly skilled at working with young people who have a range of issues. They will be able to work effectively, often on their own, regularly visiting a supported accommodation environment, to ensure the young people are safe and able to develop their independent living skills.

The successful candidate will be working within a small team to provide weekly visits to each of the houses to maintain good accommodation standards and the health and safety of the houses and young people. This will include completing house checks, reporting and chasing up repairs, light cleaning duties and any other tasks that are required for the houses to run smoothly. The successful candidate will also be assisting young people in completing essential tasks such as resolving benefit issues and registering with social housing and will be involved in assisting young people with developing their independent living skills.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in managing aspects of the work, including some staff members and buildings. This will include coordinating planned and unplanned move ins and move outs from the accommodation.

This is a senior role, and as such the successful candidates will be:

• effective at making assessment of need and risk as well as suitability of placements
• highly skilled in managing complex safeguarding issues within multi-agency frameworks.
• committed to having service user participation as a core value within their practice
• skilled at resolving issues and avoiding placement breakdowns

values.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

• Reference number:23908
• Job Title:Senior Housing Support Worker
• Location:Preston
• Locality:Lancashire
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:37
• Salary:£29,507.00 - £33,681.00 FTE
• Closing Date:23 October 2026
• Interview Date:5 November 2026