Female Specialist Support Worker

Our Vacancy

Female Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker

Hours: Waking nights – up to 4 shifts per fortnight

Are you ready to make a difference in the quiet hours of the night?

We’re looking for a Female Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker to join our Complex Needs Service, supporting young homeless women aged 18–25 (including care leavers and ex-offenders) who have high support needs.

In this role, you’ll be safeguarding wellbeing, encouraging positive relationships, and supporting each resident’s journey towards independence, all while ensuring the safety, calm, and security of our service overnight.

A Typical Night in the Role

Your shift will start with a handover from the day team before you prepare for the night ahead. You’ll carry out building checks to make sure the environment is safe, address tenancy issues like smoking or noise, and be available to respond to any emergencies. You may host activities like a film night to build community spirit, but you’ll also be prepared to de-escalate challenging situations, offer emotional support, and ensure all residents feel safe.

What We’re Looking For

We want to hear from candidates who can demonstrate, through their application, how they meet the following criteria:

• Background: Experience working with vulnerable young females (18–21 years) in social housing, education, or the charity sector, with a focus on development and personal growth.
• Complex Needs: Professional experience of supporting people with complex needs, including homelessness, mental health, high-risk or high-harm behaviours, or high vulnerability.
• Managing Challenging Behaviour & Maintaining Professional Boundaries: Experience of working with young people who display challenging behaviour or conflict, while remaining approachable, engaging effectively, providing constructive support, and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Safeguarding and Trauma-Informed Principles: Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding and trauma-informed care.
• IT Skills, Complex Casework & Time Management: Good IT skills, demonstrable experience of managing a complex caseload, strong report writing skills, and effective time management. Must hold GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).

Why Join Us?

When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.

What We Offer

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family-friendly options and discounts
• 4x salary life assurance
• Up to 10% pension contribution
• Comprehensive training and development

Important Information

• This role requires an enhanced DBS check.
• This is an all-women’s service, therefore we are seeking female applicants only (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1).
• Your eligibility, you must be eligible to work in the UK and able to work the full contracted hours of 37.5 hours per week. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship, so we can only consider applications from candidates who meet both requirements.
• If this sounds like the kind of meaningful work, you’d love to be part of, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Talent Specialist Julie-Ann.O'Malley@peabody.org.uk

Interviews will be In-Person on the 2 October 2025.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Attached documents:

• JD Waking Nights.pdf - Role Profile