Drug and Alcohol Housing Worker (Floating Support)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This advert explicitly states that sponsorship is not offered.
The source advert contains explicit wording ruling out sponsorship for this specific role. Consider other live roles at the same band from sponsorship-friendly trusts.
“This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves providing intensive housing-related support to individuals affected by drug and alcohol use who are at risk of homelessness or struggling to maintain accommodation across Hampshire. You will help people access suitable housing, strengthen tenancy sustainment, develop independent living skills, and engage with treatment and recovery services. The work is trauma-informed, recovery-focused, and grounded in harm reduction principles, involving home visits, outreach, and multi-agency collaboration.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the housing field
- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field or with those who use drugs and alcohol
- Ability to work autonomously and maintain accurate, timely case records.
- Experience working in multi-agency environments
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (travelling between sites in the course of the role)
- Ability to deliver person-centred, trauma-informed and harm-reduction-based support
- Reliable, resilient and able to maintain professional boundaries.
- Experience of working in the housing field
- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field or with those who use drugs and alcohol
- Ability to work autonomously and maintain accurate, timely case records.
- Experience working in multi-agency environments
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (travelling between sites in the course of the role)
- Ability to deliver person-centred, trauma-informed and harm-reduction-based support
- Reliable, resilient and able to maintain professional boundaries.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Drug and Alcohol Housing Worker (Floating Support)
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about preventing homelessness and improving housing stability for people affected by drug and alcohol use? Following new investment, we are developing a new Drug and Alcohol Housing Support Service and are recruiting Drug and Alcohol Housing Workers to provide flexible, floating support to people across Hampshire.We are seeking applications from individuals who are able to work in Aldershot, Basingstoke, Winchester, Andover or East Hampshire.
In this role, you will provide intensive housing related support to individuals who use drugs and/or alcohol and are at risk of homelessness or struggling to maintain accommodation. You will work across Hampshire to help people access suitable housing, strengthen tenancy sustainment, develop independent living skills and engage effectively with treatment and recovery services.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will build strong relationships with local authority housing departments, supported accommodation providers and health and social care professionals. Your work will be trauma informed, recovery focused and grounded in harm reduction principles.
This is a varied role involving home visits, outreach, multi agency work and one to one interventions. You will make a meaningful differ
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