Hours per Week
- Week 1: 40 hrs
- Week 2: 30 hrs
Salary
Fixed at £28,860 per annum (pro rata)
About the Night Support Assistant Role
The Night Support Assistant will work in our supported accommodation service for young people aged 16 and over in Camden, London. The role involves providing a steady, trusted presence during night‑time hours, keeping the service safe, calm and welcoming, and supporting young people who may be distressed or struggling.
Key responsibilities include:
- Completing welfare checks;
- Responding to incidents or emergencies;
- Monitoring building safety and maintaining accurate records;
- Recording and handing over key information to the day team;
- Supporting young people and ensuring the service runs smoothly until the day team arrives.
The position follows a rolling rota pattern:
- Week 1 – 40 hrs: Mon, Tues, Sat, Sun, 10 pm–8:30 am
- Week 2 – 30 hrs: Wed, Thu, Fri, 10 pm–8:30 am
Skills and Experience
- Experience supporting young people or young adults facing homelessness, risk, trauma or multiple disadvantage, ideally within accommodation or frontline support settings.
- Comfortable working awake night shifts and keeping the service safe, calm and welcoming overnight.
- Ability to respond calmly to challenging behaviour, safeguarding concerns or incidents, adapting the approach to individual needs.
- Proficiency in keeping accurate records, using basic IT systems and handling numerical information as part of safe service delivery.
- Reliability, resilience and a thoughtful approach, with flexibility to work a night rota that includes weekends and bank holidays.
Benefits
- Salary increase after successfully completing six months’ probationary period.
- 37.5‑hour working week including flexible work hours (core hours are 10 am–4 pm) in non‑accommodation services.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to a maximum of 30 days (plus paid bank holidays).
- Contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute 5% of your annual salary.
- Staff health cash plan and discount scheme.
- Comprehensive integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work.
Closing date: Sunday 5th July at midnight
Interview date: Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th July at a Young Person’s Service
This post requires an Enhanced DBS check. Applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.
Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and IIP Silver accredited.
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