Hostel Worker 18.5 hours

• Directorate BHCC: Health & Adult Social Care
• Salary £14.44 - £15.26 with enhancements for evenings, weekends and bank holidays
• Contract Permanent
• Closing Date Apply by 9 July 2023

New Steine Mews Hostel

• Job reference orbis/TP/489/34374
• Positions available 1
• Working hours 18.5
• Closing date 9 July 2023
• Job category Care - Adults
• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

Part Time Hostel Worker at New Steine Mews Hostel

18.5 hours £25,481-£27,041 pro rata according to experience.

To work day or evening shifts Monday-Friday and weekend on call approximately one weekend in five. Additional payments for evening work and on call.

For an informal discussion, please contact Lisa Carrington on 01273 293138 or Karen Leenders on 01273 293396.

A part time hostel worker is required to assist in the day to day running of the hostel, as non-institutionally as possible. To provide advice and support to single homeless people on a keyworking basis and to take an active role in enabling their resettlement within the hostel’s resettlement strategy. The Hostel Worker will be expected to take responsibility for the running of the project in the manager and deputy manager’s absence.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: This role does not meet the requirement for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Successful candidates will need to evidence that they have the Right to Work in the UK.

• For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).