October 2010
- Community Resettlement Worker – CRW/NW1
Closing Date for this post is midday 18th October 2010
- Senior Project Worker – SPW/NW2
Closingdate for this post is midday 18thOctober 2010
- Support Worker x 2 – SW/NW3
Closing date for this post is midday 18th October 2010
- Peripatetic Support Worker – PSW/NW4
Closing date for this post is midday 18th October 2010
- Project Worker – PW/LON1
Closing date for this post is midday 1st November 2010
- Project Manager – PM/LON2
Closing date for this post is midday 18th October 2010
- Project Worker x 2 – PW/NE1
Closing date for this post is midday 18th October 2010
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in Depaul UK. You should have the following information to help you with your application:
- Role Description and Person Specification
- Application pack includes:
o Information sheets about Depaul UK's work
o Summary of terms and conditions
o Some advice on how to fill in the application form
o Application Form (Page 14)
o Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form
In order for your completed application form to arrive by the above closing date please send your form to me, Vicky Franklinvia email at or alternately you can fax your form to 020 7939 1241.Applications that arrive late will not be included in shortlisting.
You can download the application form from our website: ensure you write the job reference number of the post you are applying for on the application form.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications isas above we will contact you very shortly after that if you have been shortlisted for an interview. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unfortunately unable to reply personally to acknowledge receipt of your application, and if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Please note: Depaul UK aims to promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. Depaul UK welcomes applications from diverse candidates. Criminal records will be taken into account for requirement purposes only when the conviction is relevant.
As Depaul UK meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, applicants who are offered employment working with vulnerable young people or in positions of financial responsibility will be subject to a criminal record check from the Criminal Records Bureau before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings, as well as convictions.
We look forward to hearing from you, and reading your application.
Yours sincerely
Vicky Franklin
HRAdministrator
1st Floor, 291 -299 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1JG
Tel: 020 7939 1243 Fax: 020 7939 1241
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Registered Charity No. 802384 Company Reg. No. 2440093
Patron:Archbishop Vincent Nichols. President: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE
Depaul UK helps young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged. We work in the heart of local communities, providing housing, resettlement, training, family mediation, mentoring and work with offenders.
We protect young people who become homeless by finding them a place to call their home. Each year we provide over 100,000 bed nights and we are open every day and night.
We prevent young people from becoming homeless by rebuilding family relationships and offering through the gate support to young offenders.
We provide young people with the chance to fulfil their potential in the community through education, volunteering, training and jobs.
Since we started in 1989, we’ve made a difference to over 45,000 young people.
London and the South East
Accommodation
Westbourne House- Westminster London
12 bed hostel providing medium support to young people aged 16-25.
Average stay 6-8 months.
This accommodation project is for 12 young people aged 16 to 25 years who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Westminster. The hostel provides self-catering single bedrooms with en-suite facilities. All hostel residents also have access to a large communal kitchen, dining room, lounge and IT training suite with internet access. Each young person is assigned a fully trained worker to help them to come to terms with the reasons why they have become homeless and to help them to access specialist help and advice. The length of stay at this hostel depends on the circumstances of the individual but throughout their stay their assigned worker will be trying to access more permanent accommodation for them.
Lyon House – West London
8 bed hostel for 18 - 25 year olds providing low support for those about to make the transition to independent living. Average stay up to 2 years.
This project provides supported accommodation to 8 young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The aims of the project are to provide a learning culture for young people who have lacked opportunities in the past. Young people follow a training, education, or employment programme. Resettlement support is also provided to enable the young people to successfully move into their own accommodation.
The Grove – Gravesend Kent
6 bed hostel for 16-21 year olds providing medium support.
Average stay up to a year.
This provides six bedsit flats for young people aged 16-21 who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and who need structured support before they are ready to live independently. A manager, full time worker and a bank of volunteers provide practical support in the form of life skills and basic skills training and emotional support at this difficult time in their lives. After a period of six to 12 months it is hoped the young people have the stability to move onto independent accommodation.
Willesden and Steps House - North London
14 bed hostel and 6 studio flats for 16 to 25 year olds.
This long stay hostel provides accommodation and specialist support for young people aged 16-25 and they are referred through Brent and other homelessness organizations. Here the young people are given more time in secure accommodation to develop life skills and establish a routine to their lives. Residents participate in cooking, cleaning and housekeeping as part of a community. On the same site six self-contained move on studio flats are available for young people who feel almost ready for independent living, but with the security of help close by.
Willesden Crash Pad
A 3 bed pilot project in Brent which aims to provide respite accommodation for young people aged 16-18 before either returning home or going on into semi-independent accommodation. Young people are assisted to develop life skills, return to education or gain employment while receiving intensive 1-2-1 family mediation support.
Callcott Road – North London
This shared house accommodates six young people who are ready to live in a more independent environment. The young people are supported by a visiting supported housing worker. Residents have the opportunity to stay for up to two years before moving on into permanent independent accommodation
This provides supported accommodation to eight young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The aims of the project are to provide a learning culture for young people who have lacked opportunities in the past. Young people follow a training, education, or employment programme. Resettlement support is also provided to enable the young people to successfully move into their own accommodation
Depaul Nightstop Brent – North London
This Nightstop scheme run by Depaul UK provides emergency accommodation in the homes of local volunteers for young people aged 16-25 from one night to eight weeks. The scheme has volunteers in Brent and each volunteer provides a private bedroom, an evening meal and breakfast and washing facilities and toiletries.
A member of the Nightstop team will meet with the young person to help them find a longer term solution to their housing need. This may involve considering other housing options or opportunities, contacting specialist support services or simply talking to the young person about returning to their previous accommodation if appropriate.
Training and Employment
Spokes Project – Central London
Spokeseducates, empowers and enables disadvantaged and homeless young people to access and sustain appropriate accommodation solutions, develop key employment skills and re-engage with education. The programme also includes health advice and promotes healthy lifestyle options alongside structured money management sessions offering support and guidance around budgeting, benefits and banking. This programme encompasses our Drive Ahead project and a personal effectiveness course for 17-25 year olds that includes driving tuition and key life skills tuition.
Broadening Horizons (work experience programme)
Our Broadening Horizons scheme, in partnership with HSBC, offers work placements for young people in a range of different environments to give them a taste of employment and to break down the barriers that exist for young homeless and disadvantaged people to build a career.
Family Mediation
Reconnect - London, Kent and Rochester YOI.
Reconnect is a mediation service for homeless young people and their families. It aims to avert young people aged 12-25 away from crisis point by providing trained mediators to help families rebuild relationships. Where appropriate it will assist a young person to return home, or to remain at home pending a planned move in the future. The projects also work to reduce repeat homelessness by enabling young people to strengthen their support networks and access local services relevant to their needs. The service is available to homeless young people and works closely with hostels, supported housing providers, and specialist agencies, including Connexions and the Youth Offending Teams to reach over 400 young people each year.
Prison and Resettlement
Outside Link: Rochester
Outside-Link helps young prisoners to secure accommodation prior to release from prison, in order to prevent them from becoming homeless and re-offending. It also aims to set up support networks into the community where they will be living on their release.
Outside Link (Impact -London Probation Resettlement Service)
A London wide programme funded by London Probation that provides young people up to the age of 25 who are serving a 12 month sentence or less with family mediation, mentoring and a resettlement service. We take referrals from all London prisons, working with 12 prisons; Rochester, Cookham Wood, Pentonville, Holloway Feltham, Wormwood Scrubs, Brixton, Wandsworth, East Sutton Park, Aylesbury, Portland and Bronzefield
Community Resettlement – London
Working with young people coming out of Young Offenders Institutions ensuring that they have somewhere to stay on release and referring them to services on the outside to help them resettle back into the community.
One to One mentoring - London
The One-to-One Project is a mentoring programme for young offenders aged 16 to 21. The programme recruits volunteers from the local community to mentor a young person before they leave custody and to continue their support on the young person's release. The project offers a structured support programme, designed to help and encourage young offenders to set and reach their goals for the future with volunteer support.
Yorkshire and Humber
Accommodation
Aldo House, Bradford
This project provides temporary accommodation of between six months and two years for eight young people aged 16-25 who are in housing crisis. The project provides a high level of support and houses some of the most difficult to place young people who may have multiple and complex needs. These may include a history of offending, substance and/or alcohol abuse. The project helps residents to develop life skills, social skills and access training and education.
Floating Support, Bradford
This service offers support to young people in the transition from supported accommodation to their own tenancy. Up to 12 young people can be supported in the community at any one time
North East
Accommodation
Simonside, Newcastle upon Tyne
This 11-bed hostel provides accommodation and support for young people aged 16 to 25 in housing crisis in Newcastle upon Tyne. The project enables the young people to maintain links within their own community and where applicable the project staff can act as mediator for the young people and their family to work towards reconciliation. A resettlement worker is also based at the project to help the young people to access and move into independent accommodation and continue to support them when they have moved.
Simonside Resettlement
This service offers support to young people in the transition from supported accommodation to their own tenancies and provides floating support for up to 2 years in Newcastle. Up to 19 young people can be supported in the community at any one time.
Compass, North Tyneside
An eight bed project for young people aged 16-25 years for up to six months. The project provides 24 hour staff cover and works with young people, via an individually tailored package of support, to enable them to gain the life skills they need to live independently and assists them to access an independent tenancy. The young people are also encouraged to look at their training and employment options.
Insite, North Tyneside
Insite provides accommodation and daily support for up to sixteen 16 - 25 year olds in shared dispersed properties across North Tyneside. This project is the stepping stone from 24 hour supported accommodation to young people achieving a single tenancy with floating support through to full independence. Two Project Workers and two EVS volunteers provide support in life skills and work with the young people to gain a tenancy.
Inline, North Tyneside
This is a floating support project that aims to ensure young homeless people have access to suitable accommodation, support services and resources to enable them to make the transition to independent living. Inline works mainly with 16 and 17 year olds, a lot of whom are care leavers, helping them prepare to move into their own tenancy by offering them the practical and emotional support needed to make a successful transition to independent living. We work with 140 young people at any one time, and can support people for up to two years.
Supported Lodging Scheme, North Tyneside
This project offers up to nine 16-24 year olds with the opportunity to live within a safe and secure family environment whilst providing a holistic support package aimed at developing independent living skills and either training or employment opportunities. Each young person is matched with a householder and receives weekly support from a project worker. The householders are recruited from all walks of life and receive comprehensive training and support in their role.
South Tyneside, Floating Support
This project offers floating support for 28 young people, aged 16-25, with high support needs, either in their tenancies or in preparation for their tenancy allocation. Ten of these will be working with South Tyneside Youth Offending Service. Through a jointly agreed support package, project workers enable young people to achieve their goals and develop independent living skills until support is no longer required. Support can be provided for up to two years.
Nightstop North East
This Nightstop scheme run by Depaul UK provides emergency accommodation in the homes of local volunteers for young people aged 16-25 on a night by night basis. The scheme has volunteers across the North East and each volunteer provides a private bedroom, an evening meal and breakfast and washing facilities and toiletries.
Each day of the placement a member of the Nightstop team will meet with the young person to help them find a longer term solution to their housing need. This may involve considering other housing options or opportunities, contacting specialist support services or simply talking to the young person about returning to their previous accommodation if appropriate.
Training and Employment
Drive Ahead – North East
Each course lasts seven weeks and is the foundation for homeless young people to explore and follow up prospective employment and training needs whilst also giving them the chance to take part in introductory shared driving lessons. For those who have not gained employment at the end of the course there is the opportunity of up to six months further support and guidance towards job search.
Sports Coaching – North East
This project based in the North East region, works with young people who are given training and coaching skills in a variety of sports whilst also getting help and advice on how they can use the additional skills to move onto further education or employment.
Food Vouchers Scheme – North Tyneside
Set up as a way of offering nutritious food to people in need and as an alternative to giving cash. The vouchers can be used in various food outlets across North Tyneside in exchange for food and are issued by Depaul UK project workers to give to homeless young people. Vouchers are also issued to other local projects that support people in social need and churches can buy the vouchers to give to occasional callers asking for help.