About Us
akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity. We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as LGBT (National Scoping of LGBT Youth Homelessness, akt, 2015) and 78% of LGBTQ+ young people cited an absence of family support (The LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Report, akt, 2021). The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a Digital Service to offer support to young people outside of our four office regions. akt works with over 800 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.
The Team
This role sits within akt’s new Supported Housing Scheme in Lambeth, which is planned to open in April to May 2025. This is a three-year funded joint project with Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing Association and Lambeth Council. The role is part of the Services team and is supervised by the Supported Housing Manager. Other members of the team include another part time Housing Support Worker and a part-time Youth Engagement Co Ordinator.
Job Summary
Please note we have two part-time vacancies, working 21 hours per week. The pro rata salary for hours worked is £18,309 (£30,515 full time equivalent). Hours will be worked on a rota basis, Monday to Sunday between 10am and 8pm.
Responsible for supporting residents to reach their goals and aspirations and move on to independent living. The new LGBTQ+ housing scheme commissioned as part of SHAP funding as part of Lambeth Young People's Housing Pathway. The accommodation is a LGBTQ+ supported housing service with six units for young people aged 18-21 years with Monday to Sunday staffing between 9am and 8pm.
The service will be delivered as a partnership between akt and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing Association:
- akt will deliver the bulk of the support for the young people living at the accommodation.
- akt will also provide training to professionals and support to LGBTQ+ people across the rest of the pathway and with frontline council teams, to ensure professionals are working in an LGBTQ+ informed and inclusive way.
- Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing Association will deliver specialist support around housing management and tenancy sustainment and will provide management oversight and out-of-hours capacity.
More details about the job role can be found in the job information document attached to this vacancy.