November 3, 2026
Job title: Night Support Worker (O’Hanlon House)
Role summary:
Join Homeless Oxfordshire as a Night Support Worker and help create a safe & supportive environment for our residents at O’Hanlon House. Working as part of a dedicated team, you will provide high-quality support and housing management throughout the night while also encouraging residents to build confidence and independent living skills. The role involves monitoring the building, maintaining a clean and welcoming environment, managing risks, responding to challenging situations, and keeping accurate records thus ensuring the service runs smoothly overnight. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful difference to people rebuilding their lives!
Job location (usual place of work): Oxford
Applications close on: Reviewed on a rolling basis
Contract is: Permanent
Support Residents to Feel Safe, Secure and Supported!This role is responsible for delivering a safe and supportive service to all residents living at O’Hanlon House during the night. The post holder needs to work alongside the day and night teams to ensure the effective delivery of high quality care, support and housing management according to Homeless Oxfordshire Policies and Procedures.
Main Areas Of Responsibility:
- Ensure the effective delivery of high quality care, support and housing management according to Homeless Oxfordshire policies and procedures.
- To be a supportive and effective part of the team working as part of a rota including nights and weekends.
- Maintain a safe, clean and welcoming environment.
- To support and encourage clients to care for themselves and develop independent living skills.
- To assess and manage risk for individuals and in the service, making use of emergency services as required.
- Report any safeguarding concerns without delay in line with the charity’s policies and procedures.
- Comply with the charity’s health and safety standards.
- Manage challenging situations in line with procedures and to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Actively ensure security of the building through regular checks and monitoring of CCTV system.
- To carry out designated cleaning and laundry duties (and any other housekeeping tasks).
- To participate in handovers at the beginning and end of shifts, ensuring that information is properly recorded and passed on where appropriate and relevant and in a timely fashion.
- Ensure that IT systems are updated as required and concise record keeping is completed promptly.
- Ensure clients are aware of and support them to maximise their opportunity to be involved in Client Participation.
- To participate in the induction of and support new team members.
- To undertake any other duties that can be reasonably required to meet the operational needs of Homeless Oxfordshire.
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required
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