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Work for us

We are Single Homeless Project, a London-wide charity with a vision of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the opportunity to live a fulfilling life.

Every year, we help 12,000 Londoners across the city – whether that’s supporting someone in crisis or helping them take those final steps toward independence and employment. We help Londoners to leave homelessness behind, to be seen, to be heard, and find a place to call home.

We believe that, with the right support and environment, everyone can take control of their lives and shape their future, no matter what challenges they’ve faced.

We place the person at the centre of their support, building a trusted relationship, and agreeing on what they need to feel safe, heal, and thrive. Then, our expert teams work hard to integrate all the physical, mental, and social support needed. Our approach is so critical to ending homelessness: we go the extra mile for every single person we work with. 

Benefits of working for us

      • A salary increase after successfully completing six months (for the majority of permanent roles) 
      • A 37.5-hour working week, including flexible working hours(core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services 
      • 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus eight paid Bank Holidays) 
      • A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will Contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary 
      • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), available to all staff 
      • Paid carers’ leave and compassionate leave 
      • Generous maternity leave (16 weeks full pay and up to 24 weeks half pay) and four weeks paid paternity leave, depending on length of service 
      • Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme, including access to Emergency Services Blue Light Card 
      • Interest-free public transport season ticket loan (after six months) 
      • Tax exemption for ’cycle to work’ scheme and payroll giving 
      • Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work 

When you join our team, you become part of a caring, driven, and passionate organisation that’s all about making a real difference in people’s lives. Here, you’ll have the chance to lead, co-create, and inspire change while working in a supportive environment that encourages growth.

Come join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for Londoners experiencing homelessness.


Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At Single Homeless Project, we’re hardwired to take inclusivity seriously. We work with people from all walks of life and we celebrate this diversity in our clients and our colleagues.

When you feel you can be yourself, you have a voice, you have opportunities and you feel empowered to be your best. This is what we want for all of our clients and colleagues and we’re committed to creating the right environments for people to thrive.

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Career Development at Single Homeless Project

We help you to develop your career in the sector, with an extensive learning and development programme and a variety of different roles in teams and services across the organisation.

Looking for a role with flexibility where you can work hours that suit your needs? 

Whether you are looking to work, days, evenings, nights or weekends only; we may have something perfect for you.  We are looking to increase our current pool of Locum Bank Workers, in order to meet the needs of our services and our future development plans.

We can offer you experience in the following areas:

  • Accommodation services for Adults and Young Persons
  • Floating Support services
  • Refugee Resettlement
  • Ex-offenders
  • Mental Health Services
  • Women’s Specialist Services

We have opportunities available, to work in our accommodation services across a variety of London boroughs.

As a Locum Bank worker, you will provide effective day to day shift cover that supports the aims of our Projects and encourages the full participation of our clients. The shifts could be in our Accommodation services, Floating Support services, Refugee resettlement services or in our ex-offenders pathway. You will also take part in all aspects of the daily running of the Projects, including working with our clients in line with their agreed support plans.

Apply to join our locum bank here

As an example, you could join us as a Project Worker and progress to a Complex Needs Worker before joining our management track as a Team Manager and all the way up to managing a frontline-service. Other paths could include using your frontline experience in our central teams, with people joining our HR, Facilities and Fundraising teams from our services. 

Every journey is different, but working for Single Homelessness Project is more than just a job – and can develop into a truly rewarding long-term career. 

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Contact our recruitment team here:

Email: recruitment@shp.org.uk

Telephone: 0204 509 8507

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I send you my CV to consider?

Unfortunately not! As we use a ‘blind recruitment’ approach, we can’t accept speculative CVs for consideration. Have a look through our live vacancies and pop an application in through our applicant portal.

I’m having difficulty completing the application form, what do I do?

Pop us an email or give us a call at the contact information provided, we’re here to help!

Do you offer part times roles?

We do! The majority of roles we recruit for are full time positions, but we do have some part time vacancies. Keep your eyes peeled on our vacancies page.

Can I apply for a role if I don’t have right to work?

Only if you have checked the shortages of occupations list and checked the salary requirements to be eligible for sponsorship for that role. Sponsorship is not guaranteed and will be considered on a case by case basis.

The role requires a DBS check, do I have to pay for this?

All costs of the DBS application process are covered by Single Homeless Project, we just need your co-operation!

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