Housing Support Worker

Salary: £26,140 - £31,400 per annum depending on experience plus Inner London Weighting of £4,304

Location: London Borough of Wandsworth

Hours: 35 hours per week. Working on a rota covering 7 days a week, early shifts (8am-3.30pm) and late shifts (2.30pm-10pm)

Contract: Permanent

Job reference number: 1806

Who we are – Cranstoun is a social justice and harm reduction charity. We offer a wide range of services across England including housing & homelessness, substance use, domestic abuse, children & young people and criminal justice.

About the job – An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our supported housing services in Wandsworth.  The service has 30 units of accommodation across 5 sites. This role will operate across our various levels of supported housing, including a flexible threshold unit that adopts a harm reduction approach with flexible tolerance toward drug use.

You will be part of a team providing support to the residents in the service and will be required to work on a rota basis that includes every other weekend. The service is set up to support residents to stabilise their substance use, focusing on harm reduction whilst improving independent living skills and achieving their individual goals. As a keyworker, you would keywork not less than 2 residents, providing support and advice through regular planned keywork sessions. In addition, you would work closely with our partner organisations to ensure that the residents receive support tailored to their needs. You would also contribute to the running of in-house groups and sessions as well as external activities and days out.

You will receive on the job training and support as well as access to a wide range of learning opportunities both from Cranstoun and partner organisations. We are looking for people with experience of providing support to people with multiple disadvantages, experience of working in a supported housing setting would also be advantageous. If you would like to be part of a dedicated team committed to working towards positive outcomes with our residents, we would like to hear from you.

Applicants must be able to provide satisfactory evidence of their right to work in the UK at the application stage.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

For more details and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button. Please quote the appropriate Job Ref in all correspondence. 

Please note: We will not accept CVs for this role; only fully completed application forms will be considered.

Closing date: 13 December 2026.

Interview date:

• The first round will end on 22/11/2026. The interview will be arranged at the end of November/ early December.
• The second recruitment round will close on 13/12/2026. Interviews are expected to be scheduled either in mid-December or towards the end of December.

Remark:

• We may also consider appointing the candidate as a Trainee Housing Support Worker where they do not yet fully meet the Housing Support Worker requirements but demonstrate clear potential to develop into the role.
• If a suitable candidate is identified at an early stage, we will close the recruitment process.