Job Description
Make a Real Difference Supporting People Experiencing Homelessness in Bristol
Are you looking for flexible work where you can help people rebuild their lives? Why not join our Casual Worker Bank in Bristol where you can choose shifts that suit your availability while providing vital cover to keep our services running and our clients supported.
Where you ll work
You ll work across St Mungo s Bristol services, including the Adult and Women s Pathways. Our services offer safe, inclusive accommodation and support for people with complex needs, including mental and physical health issues, substance use, and trauma. We work with a person centred approach to help people recover from the effects of homelessness and move towards independence.
What you ll be doing
Day or night, your tasks may include:
- Supporting the team to manage the day to day running of the service.
- Provide practical and personal advice and person centred support to clients-including housing, health, finances.
- Be a supportive, listening ear for people when they need it.
- Maintain safety protocols, respond to emergencies, and conduct relevant building and welfare checks.
- Complete administrative tasks, incident reports and handover notes.
Example job descriptions can be downloaded for further information about the role.
What we offer you
As a casual worker, you choose when and where you work, in roles suited to your skills and experience. You ll have:
- A supervising manager
- Access to training
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Accrued holiday pay
- Shifts available 7 days a week including bank holidays
- Hourly pay Night rate £15.05 and Day rate £15.28
What we're looking for
You don t need extensive experience - just a genuine, empathetic approach and commitment to supporting the aims and ambitions of our Bristol teams. We welcome people who are ready to get stuck in and can show:
- Some experience supporting vulnerable people through change.
- Strong communication skills and relationship building, able to deal with those who may be in a difficult personal or emotional situation.
- A flexible, solution focused approach with the resilience to adapt to new environments.
- An understanding of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness.
- Ability to manage challenging behaviour with empathy and assertiveness.
- Basic IT and admin skills.
St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
How to apply
When you're ready to apply click the Apply Now Button on our website to start your online application form.
To view the application questions please download the person specification document attached.
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo s careers page on our website.
Closing date: 10 am on 7 April 2026
Interview and assessments will take place in April and May 2026
We re eager to learn about the real you! That s why we kindly ask candidates to avoid using AI tools when completing their application forms. Your unique experiences, skills, and abilities are what make you stand out, and we value authentic, personal responses that accurately reflect your experiences, skills, knowledge and abilities which reflect your story and potential.
