National House Project Facilitator

We are looking to recruit two enthusiastic, creative and caring professionals to the role of Croydon House Project Facilitator. This is a really exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative, nationally recognised programme that supports care-experienced young people to take collective ownership of their journey into independence.

Successful candidates will provide direct support to young people in care and care experienced young people who have been referred to the House Project, ensuring they have maximum possible ownership of the project, remain engaged as members, and achieve positive outcomes. Post holders will need to work tenaciously, flexibly and in an entirely solution‑focused and empowering way.

About the role

The Job Description is based on Croydon’s Personal Advisor (PA) role. The skills, values and responsibilities of the PA role are highly transferable to the House Project Facilitator role, particularly relationship-based practice, information sharing, partnership working and contributing to the assessment and development of Pathway Planning.

This post is not a statutory PA role. House Project Facilitators do not hold statutory responsibility for pathway planning/ care planning but contribute to this through information sharing and detailed case recording with the allocated PA. Facilitators work alongside Social Work teams and Personal Advisors, adding value through intensive, practical, and group-based support.

The role places a strong emphasis on:

Facilitating group work and peer-led decision-making, supporting young people to work together as a House Project community
Supporting young people to manage key aspects of independent living, including finances, running a home, education, training and employment
Time in person with young people from a shared base, meeting regularly both individually and as a group, and providing consistent, accessible support
Flexible working, including a later start and evening work once a week to facilitate group work, this will be pre-agreed. A residential trip will be organised during the year, so flexibility to attend this will be required
Empowering young people to engage confidently with professionals, project boards, and partner agencies

You will work closely with Personal Advisors and Social Work teams to ensure House Project activity aligns with young people’s Pathway Plans, safeguarding arrangements and agreed outcomes, while maintaining a clear focus on participation, independence and ownership.

About You

You will have experience working with young people (ideally care-experienced young people), strong facilitation skills, and a values-led, strengths-based approach. You will be adaptable, collaborative and motivated by enabling young people to lead and succeed.

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