Project Worker

Project Worker for Housing Support - £14 to £15.50p/h

Full time position available on a temporary basis with the potential to apply and secure the position on a permanent basis.

21 HSC are looking to recruit a Project Worker for a highly regarded homelessness charity. The organisation is a sector leading charity that works with young people between the ages of 16- 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The role is on a full time basis working 35 hours per week mainly Monday to Friday based in Fife.

As a Project Worker, you will be a leading member of the team, working directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 basis. You will work with young people in their supported tenancy and in their local community. Your support will help ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for the direct provision of practical, personal/emotional, social, and intellectual support to service users.


• To participate in the “on call” rota in accordance with agreed guidelines.


• To advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of the service users in dealings with all relevant external agencies.


• To participate in the referral, selection and placement process to ensure that all available places are filled appropriately and promptly.


• To contribute to achieving the agreed standards of service and targets reflecting the aims and objectives of the organisation, service level agreements or guidelines provided by statutory and regulatory authorities.


• To line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, sessional staff and/or volunteers. This will include individual supervision sessions and participation in annual appraisals.


• To ensure that all necessary unit repairs, and tasks involved in attaining health and safety requirements, are dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible.


• To participate in the gathering and processing of relevant statistical information to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and the demands being made of it.

Essential/Desirable Skills and Attributes

• Experience working within a housing support service is essential.


• Experience working with children & young people is essential.


• HNC is Social Services is desirable.


• SVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care or Children & Young People is desirable.

To Apply

To apply for this role, please click apply and send an up-to-date CV in support of your application in the first instance. For more information about the position available and a detailed job description, please contact Sean Carruthers or Danielle Frame at 21 HSC. Suitable applicants will be contacted asap with a view to securing an interview with the Service Managers of the service and will be invited for an initial face to face/teams interview with one of our recruitment team.

21 HSC Limited is an equal opportunities employer.