Women's Housing Support Worker

• Annual salary of 29504 (FTE)
• Permanent role
• Full-time (37 hours) (5 days Monday Sunday)
• Based in Rochdale
• You will be required to work 1 in 3 weekends

Please Note: We are not using recruitment agencies for this position. All applicants should apply directly through the Regenda Website. Any applications submitted through agencies will not be considered.

Proposed Assessment Morning Date: Tuesday 12th May 2026

The role

As a Womens Support Worker at Petrus you will provide support to our female service users at one of our womens only projects. You must be able to work sympathetically with women who have been homeless and have complex needs.

You will work to empower service users actively engaging them with the community and helping them to support each other to develop resilience to live independently and to be an asset to the community.

The right fit

• You must be able to assess needs to plan and deliver effective stimulating and dynamic support.
• Youre able to develop service user volunteering and community involvement.
• Demonstrable organisational skills in order to plan your own workload and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• You can manage risk appropriately and ensure that procedures are followed.
• You may be required to travel to other offices and therefore the ability to travel to places that may not be easily accessible via public transport is necessary.

Who we are

Petrus provides support services for people facing homelessness or in housing need. We are a charitable organisation and deliver both drop in and residential services in Rochdale and Oldham.

We believe people should have access to safe secure quality housing. We help people to develop skills independence and make positive choices. We believe collaboration with other agencies and organisations is key to creating a world where everyone has a safe place to live.

Petrus is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector in care and support and in education training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what youve read so far and think youve got what it takes to join our team then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

Petrus really is a great place to work and you dont have to just take our word for it! Were accredited by Best Companies for our world class levels of staff engagement and have been consistently named as one of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to peoples lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which includes:

• A range of flexible working options.
• 25 days paid annual leave each year (rising to 27 days after three years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• 6 additional days for volunteering.
• 5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme.
• 250 annual Live and Learn allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• Enhanced maternity paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.

We regenerate places and create opportunities for people

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested wed encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

INDHP

Petrus provides residential and day support services to people who are homeless or in housing need. It offers a safe environment where people can develop their skills and independence to empower change.

People often find it difficult to know where to go and who to ask for help and we try and make this as easy as possible.

We engage with individuals and start to build a relationship with them which is key to building trust and facilitating positive choices.

We encourage individuals to access appropriate support and can refer them into housing.