About Us
akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity. Founded in 1989, we operates service centres in London, Manchester and Newcastle and provide support across the UK through our Digital Service. Last year, akt worked with over 1150 vulnerable young people.
We exist because of a simple but powerful thought that no young person should have to choose between a safe home and being who they are.
Today, young LGBTQ+ people are still at an increased risk of homelessness and are twice as likely to end up hidden homeless than their peers. akt provides support and routes to safe homes so that young people can thrive.
The Team
This role sits within akt’s Manchester Services Team and is supervised by the Manchester Services Manager. Other members of the team include Senior Caseworkers, a Caseworker and a Youth Engagement Worker. This role is part of the Pathfinder youth homelessness prevention project, running in partnership with GMBOP and the GMCA alongside key delivery partners across Greater Manchester.
Job Summary
Please note this is a part time temporary position working 28 hours per week and running until 31st March 2029. The salary is £24,900.00 per year (pro rata hours worked) based on a full time equivalent of £31,125.00.
There is one vacancy and the position is located at our Manchester site.
- To work with LGBTQ+ young people aged 18-25 to prevent homelessness.
- To carry out holistic assessments of the needs of LGBTQ+ young people at risk of homelessness and to provide advice, support and advocacy to resolve housing or related issues.
- To find accommodation options and housing solutions for young people and be creative in sourcing new accommodation routes and building relationships with accommodation providers in cooperation with the Services team.
- To assist with embedding akt as a service within Greater Manchester by promoting the organisation to external agencies through presentations and networking events.
- To contribute to and maintain resources and signposting routes to enable young people to engage with appropriate services across Greater Manchester.
More information about the job role and benefits can be found in the documents attached to this vacancy.
We've also attached application guidance to help you fill in our application form. If you follow this guidance you'll be more likely to be shortlisted for interview so we'd recommend taking a look!
Application deadline: midnight (11.59pm) on 9th August 2026
Interviews: 25th August 2026
