Location: Medway, Kent – refuge based
Salary: £29,104 - £31,342 per annum
Hours: 36 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
This is a great opportunity to join our team - Employer of the Year Housing Heroes awards 2025 and Winner Inspiring Workplace of the Year - The 2026 Inspiring Places to Work™ UK & Ireland.
We support more than 5,000 people living in sheltered and supported housing or in their own homes. We are passionate about our staff and believe in caring for them in the same ways we care about our service users.
We offer housing related support to young adults’ age 16 – 24 living in our supported accommodation schemes in Kent and floating support in the community. Our Younger People’s service is currently looking for a Support Officer to join our dynamic team in Medway on a permanent full-time basis. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced support officer who enjoys a varied role.
In this varied and dynamic role, you’ll empower the people we support to have active and fulfilling lives aligned with their needs and aspirations. You’ll need to evidence an understanding of the issues facing Young People and be committed to supporting them to develop their confidence and maximise their independence.
A major part of your role will be to take a person centred and therapeutic approach to help young people overcome the challenges they are facing. Creating programmes and helping them to gain the help and skills they need to become positive and successful members of their local community.
You’ll be passionate about making a genuine difference in lives of Young People and staying positive and seeing the best in Young People.
If this sounds like an opportunity for you, then please take a look at the full role profile here and Behaviours & Mandatory Accountabilities OD level 6 and 7 before applying before applying.
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Closing Date: Wednesday 9th September 2026 at midnight.
Interviews will take place on 15th and 16th September 2026.
You must be able to travel across regions as required.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Adult and Child plus barred list check.
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.
We are Clarion - the country’s largest housing association. We provide a home to 360,000 people nationwide. We build more than 2,000 new homes a year and through Clarion Futures (our charitable foundation) we provide opportunities for our residents to thrive – supporting people into work, improving neighbourhoods and focusing on sustainability.
We exist because there is a housing crisis in our country. There simply aren’t enough affordable and suitable places for people to live. You might have experienced this yourself, or have friends and family who have.
We believe having a home to call your own is fundamental to being able to access the right opportunities in life. That is why our mission is to provide homes for those who need them most,
We’re all driven by this shared purpose at Clarion. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to build a better future, and we’re relentless in pursuing it.
