Job title: Senior support worker
Reporting to: Service manager
Salary: £29,696 to £36,576
Location: Swindon
We are looking for a senior support worker to join Threshold and be part of our dedicated supported housing team and help us with or mission to end homelessness by supporting people towards independence.
About the role
Based within Threshold’s supported housing team, the senior support worker will play a supervisory role in delivering an effective, high-quality, person-centred support service, managing an individual caseload of service users as well as being the first point of contact in the team for decisions or queries.
This role does not include line management but will provide day-to-day guidance and oversight of the support worker team’s work to support service users with a background of homelessness, promote engagement, develop positive relationships and empower independence. Our service users have a range of needs including entrenched drug and/or alcohol issues, mental health issues and a range of offending backgrounds.
More information on this exciting role including the key responsibilities and the skills, knowledge and experience required to be successful can be found on the job description.
About Threshold
We are a Swindon charity that has been providing accommodation, support and advocacy for individuals experiencing homelessness for more than 50 years.
As well as a competitive salary, Threshold offers employees a wide range of benefits including:
25 days Annual Leave, rising to 30 days with service
Competitive Pension, Threshold will match up to 5%
Life Assurance Cover, currently set at 5 x annual salary
A Health Plan, that includes money towards medical, dental and optical costs and access to an employee assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme, where you can save 25-39% on the cost of a bike and accessories
Charity worker discounts, Threshold is a member of charityworkerdiscounts.com and you will be eligible for discounts and deals
Professional Development, Threshold invests in staff professional development
To apply
The closing date for applications is Friday 26th June 2026.
To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the skills, knowledge and experience to be successful in this role to recruitment@threshold.charity
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK.
