Become an Apprentice Worker and use your lived experience to inspire clients throughout their recovery while gaining a qualification and working on your professional development.
At St Mungos we believe in creating opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness substance use mental health challenges involvement with the criminal justice system and/or recovery services. Our Apprenticeship Scheme is designed to help you build a career while making a positive impact. We have opportunities available for 18 month fixed term contracts as Client Support Apprentice Workers.
What youll do as an Apprentice Worker
Working as Client Support Apprentice Worker you will complete practical work experience and academic learning and work alongside colleagues students and volunteers working together to empower clients with a variety of needs in achieving personal goals.
Where youll work
Were excited to offer 2 Client Support Apprentice Worker opportunities joining the team in the London Borough of Camden in the following services:
Camden Shared Houses: A large service spreading across 6 properties and supporting over 40 clients with their needs around homelessness substance use mental and physical wellbeing. This service works closely with Camden Council other accommodation providers in the Adult Pathway CAPP nurses and other local services to ensure clients receive holistic support and move towards independence.
North Camden Mental Health Accommodation Services: A mental health supported accommodation service supporting clients with high and low support. Generally clients move to high support services from hospital and move on from there to low support and then into independent accommodation in the community. This service works closely with other providers within the Mental Health Pathway and community mental health teams.
What were looking for
Were looking for self-motivated people who can bring their own lived experience of recovery or using services and use it positively and appropriately to inspire and empower our clients on their journey.
If you dont think you meet all of the requirements we would still love to hear from you. You can find more information about the scheme and our contact details HERE why not get in touch with the team who can answer your questions.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form please click on the document tab on the advert page on our website.
When youre ready to apply click the Apply Now Button to start your online application form.
You will be able to confirm your preferred location on your application form. If you are successful we will do our best to match you to a role in your preferred area.
Closing date: 10am on Monday 12 January 2026
Interview and assessments: between 27-29 January 2026
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
What we offer
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
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At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
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