We are excited to be recruiting for a Project Worker to join our team at Charles England House in Patchway.
This is an opportunity to make a real difference by supporting young people, including young parents and care-experienced young people, as they build the skills and confidence they need to move on to independent living.
If you share our values and have experience working in supported accommodation—or transferable skills in supporting people and managing housing-related responsibilities—we would love to hear from you.
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 10 August 2026.
We aim to build a more diverse workforce that reflects the young people we support, including those from migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking communities. We therefore warmly encourage applications from individuals who are currently under-represented at 1625ip, including people from minoritised backgrounds, and anyone with relevant lived experience.
If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.
How we work
At 1625ip our work is rooted in Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) and Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP). Our Psychologically Informed Framework shapes how we build relationships, use our spaces, and support young people. This means we prioritise safety, trust, collaboration, and understanding the impact of trauma in every interaction. You don’t need prior experience in PIE or TIP to apply - we’ll support you to learn and develop these approaches in the role.
What you will be doing:
- By being empathic and understanding, you will build trusting relationships with homeless young people, care-experienced young people, and young parents by taking the time to understand their individual needs and the barriers they face. You will develop person-centred support plans and provide one-to-one support to a small caseload, empowering young people to achieve greater independence.
- Using your knowledge and creativity, you will help young people maximise their income and manage their rent accounts, including addressing any arrears, reinforcing a positive rent culture.
- Through your enthusiasm, you will be able to work on your own initiative but also alongside your team, ensuring a safe and thriving home environment for young people.
- By being well organised, efficient, and effective you will undertake a host of housing management tasks, including preparing properties for letting, supporting young people in entering and leaving our service and Health and safety checks to ensure the safety of young people, colleagues and the project.
- Using your organisation and IT skills, you will ensure a variety of records are kept up to date.
- By being flexible, you will work to a set rota, including evenings and weekends including lone working shifts.
- Applying or developing skills and knowledge of Supported Accommodation Regulations to support Care Experienced young people
You will be in the Charles England House team and your line manager will be the Charles England House Team Leader.
Our Competency Development Framework sits at the heart of how we work at 1625ip. It links our values with the behaviours we expect to see in everyday practice and supports colleagues to learn, reflect and develop. It also means our recruitment is grounded in behaviours, not just experience, so applications, interviews and job profiles all focus on how we work, not only what we do.
No prior experience? No problem! We believe in your potential and are committed to providing training and support to help you thrive. If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.
Contract details
- Hours per week: 40
- Contract type: Permanent
- Pay: £28,142 - £29,540 NOTE: This is the current salary and does not include the NJC pay award that is currently pending. Presently, the Government / National Employers have made a pay offer of a 3.3% pay increase. Once an agreement is reached, the relevant % uplift will be backdated to the employment start date.
- The location: You will be based in Charles England House in Patchway, South Gloucestershire. There is free parking at the scheme and great access to the M5.
Important dates
- Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 10 August 2026.
- If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Wednesday 12 August 2026, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- Interviews are on Tuesday 18 August 2026
Application information
Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you.
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- You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the top of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted.
- Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form.
- Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to our main office in Old Market. An online application will then be created for you.
Contact us
- To have an informal chat about the role, please contact [email protected]
- If you have any queries, please email [email protected]
- For support with your application, skills, training and your career Skills Connect’s dedicated advisors can assist you.
A few benefits at 1625ip
In return for your dedication, we offer:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays.
- Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF.
- A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing.
- “Colleagues are valued and supported, people like working at 1625ip and you can tell that by the culture and atmosphere in the offices.”, Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2025.
- “I feel genuinely so proud to and really feel that the values and motivation behind the work we do aligns with who I am and who I want to be.” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, on the vacancy page of our website.
- 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.
Equitable opportunities for everyone
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.
As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager.
We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.
