Apply to shape a brand new Supported Lodgings service where your skills directly create safe homes, stronger futures and lasting independence for young people at risk of homelessness.
Location: Wigan
Salary: £28,836 per annum
Closing Date: 17 May, 2026
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Hours per week: 37.5
About the Role
Supported Lodgings Coordinator (Wigan) - 7 Months FTC
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).
Key Deliverables
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 the host recruitment policies and procedures are implemented.
You will support and provide regular supervision to hosts.
You will be proactive in maintaining host’ 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.
Others
You will be an active member of the Prevention Team, working collaboratively and effectively with your line manager.
You will be responsible for maintaining up to date records on all young people and hosts, supporting service management with all aspects of report requirements.
The post will require some flexible working including evenings and weekends.
You will ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people and hosts in the service at all times, including using safeguarding and emergency alert procedures as applicable
Ensure financial and payment systems are completed in line with Depaul’s financial policy and procedures
Work in line with Depaul’s policies and procedures, including EDI, Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Lone Working, adopting our Endeavour approach to working with young people.
You will undertake further duties as commensurate to the role and identified by your line manager.
What we are looking for from you – Person Specification
When completing your application form please address all the points set out below.
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
What You’ll Receive
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
The charity is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If a role requires it under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, we will carry out the appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. We only look at information that is relevant to the role, and a criminal record will never be treated as an automatic barrier to employment. All DBS information is handled sensitively, confidentially and in line with the DBS Code of Practice, and we encourage applicants to discuss any concerns with us openly.
About the Organisation
In the 1980s, high unemployment and steep inflation was contributing to a shocking rise in youth homelessness across London. Thousands of young people were sleeping rough every night, with many areas notoriously dubbed “cardboard cities” due to the visible rise in street homelessness. Appalled by the scenes playing out across the capital, a group of people came together to tackle the challenge head on. Led by Cardinal Basil Hume and Mark McGreevy OBE, in 1989 the charity was born.
What began as a single housing project in North London soon expanded across London, Greater Manchester and the North East of England. Today, the charity provides accommodation, prevention and support services to thousands of marginalised young people across the UK each year. #INDNFP
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People
Salary description
£28836.00 - £28836.00 per year