Role: Hardship Programme Co-ordinator
Contract: Part-Time (26.25 hours per week), 12 Months FTC
Location: London, Aldgate
Salary: £25,357.50 - £28,436.80
Closing Date: 9th September 2024
Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th September 2024.
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Hardship Programme Co-ordinator to join our AIM (Advice, Information & Money) Team based in London.
Please note that this is a part-time role and can offer some flexibility as to how the hours are spread across the week.
About us
We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.
Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.
Part of the AIM Team (Advice, Information & Money), our Hardship Programme operates thanks to external funding from our Corporate Partners. The Hardships Programme Co-ordinator is first point of contact for Service colleagues supporting young people. The extensive offer currently includes the following programmes:
- An emergency food voucher programme
- A fund supporting young people to overcome an immediate financial hurdle
- A brand new programme which will enable to young people to turn their living space into a home.
Please note this is predominantly an administrative role. IT literacy, excellent communication and organisational skills are essential. The ability to consider key facts (involving young people, their housing and support needs) is of great importance. While the successful candidate may have the opportunity to liaise with and seek feedback from young people, this is not a direct face to face role.
About you
- Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
- Flexible approach to your working day and willingness to travel
- Effective communicator
- Patient and empathetic - always putting young people at the heart of what you do
- Confidence to hit the ground running
What you’ll be doing
- Making a crucial link between young people and the keyworkers who support them on a day to day basis
- Playing a vital role in programmes that directly impact young people (although not necessarily face to face with them)
- Working to support the wider mission of the AIM Team
- Building relationships with external partners who can support Centrepoints’ aims
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as Hardship Programme Coordinator - click ‘Apply’ now!
