Supported Lodgings Coordinator (7 Months FTC)

Join Us and Help Shape Brighter Futures. At Depaul UK, we believe in people’s potential — and we take action every day to help unlock it. Whether you’re supporting young people directly or strengthening our organisation behind the scenes, your work will create real, lasting impact.

About the Role: Help shape a new Supported Lodgings service and make a real difference to young people aged 16–21. In this fast‑paced role, you’ll assess need and risk, coordinate placements with trained community hosts, and provide practical, strengths‑based support that helps young people build stability, skills and confidence on their journey to independent living. You’ll also recruit, train and support hosts, work closely with partners across housing, care and safeguarding, and actively promote the service in the local community.

If you have experience supporting young people at risk of homelessness, strong safeguarding skills and the energy to build trusted relationships, this is a chance to turn commitment into action and deliver lasting change.

Please note that this job opportunity is offered as a full‑time (37.5 hours a week), fixed term contract role (7‑Months FTC).

• Young People: To be the first point of contact for young people and referral partners wanting to access the Supported Lodgings service. You will lead on the assessment of needs and risk, predominantly focused on suitable risk management plans for the safeguarding, matching and placement of young people in the homes of hosts. Arrange all aspects of a young person’s stay with a host, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported, taking into account the support needs of individuals. You will have responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of the environment for young people and hosts through regular checks and reporting. You will provide regular support and planning sessions for young people. To work with young people, hosts and other agencies, to prepare them for independent living and access longer term, appropriate accommodation using support plans. You will be part of a team responsible for a 24 hour on call service.
• Host Recruitment and Support: You will recruit, vet and train hosts both formally and informally ensuring that Depaul’s host recruitment policies and procedures are implemented. You will support and provide regular supervision to hosts. You will be proactive in maintaining hosts’ skills and motivation, including training and celebration events, and provide opportunities for them to shape service delivery. You will be responsible for carrying out regular checks on host accommodation and assisting them to make necessary changes. You will ensure that all hosts are made to feel safe, secure and valued.
• External Relationships: You will proactively work in partnership with multiple agencies including statutory teams, to support the well being and ongoing housing needs of young people, working in accordance with safeguarding, data protection and information sharing protocols. You will lead on the active promotion and selling of the Supported Lodgings service to all potential hosts and referral partners, across the voluntary/statutory sectors and within the wider local community.

• Experience and an understanding of working with people experiencing homelessness, or people in crisis.
• Experience of supporting young people with their support needs, working closely with other key professionals.
• Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating risk assessments.
• Experience of supervising or supporting hosts or staff.
• Experience of working under pressure with the ability to respond to conflicting demands and challenging situations.
• Ability to find creative and positive solutions to problems, using own initiative.
• An understanding and commitment to working in an assets based way.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills and the ability to maintain concise and accurate records.
• Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures and follow them through to conclusion.
• Commitment to working in a manner, which promotes diversity, equality and inclusion.
• Personal and professional integrity.
• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain them.

• Tailored training and development.
• Flexible working options where suitable.
• 26 days annual leave, rising with service.
• Family‑friendly leave policies.
• Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 7%.
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access.
• Discounts across retail, travel, food, fitness and more.
• Cash health plan for you and your family.
• Death‑in‑service benefit.
• Access to legal and practical support.

Safer Recruitment: Depaul UK is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.