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Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30am– 1.30pm. The working week for this post is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm each day.

Housing & Welfare Advice Workers must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary is negotiable (depending on your experience) ranging from £31,746 to £36,678. Benefits include a pension scheme, travel loans and 25 days annual leave (plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked).

Those applying for this post should have:

• Experience providing housing and welfare advice with a focus on clear, supportive communication
• Confidence in handling a busy and varied caseload, including complex casework
• Comfort working with people facing homelessness or housing difficulties
• A kind, non-judgmental, and person-centred approach

An application form can be downloaded from HERE

A Job Description can be downloaded from HERE

A Person Spec can be can be downloaded from HERE

Vision & Ethos can be downloaded from HERE

 The closing date for this post is Friday 21st November 2025

Interview date: 09/12/2025

At Harvest Festival time (mid-September to the end of October) we do about 40 pickups from churches and schools. The Harvest donations we pick up account for about 70% of our foodstuffs for the year. If you or anyone you know of has a clean driving licence, is happy to drive a transit van and is free weekdays during the Harvest Festival period, we would b e delighted to hear from them.

Please ring Paddy on 0207 357 9663 option 3 or drop an email to mail@mannasociety.org.uk.

Many thanks.

Our Harvest Festival list of needed items can be found HERE.

Please come along to our AGM on Tuesday 30th September at 7pm.

Our 24-25 Annual Report can be found HERE

Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30am– 1.30pm. The working week for this post is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm each day.

The Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary is negotiable (depending on your experience) ranging from £33,775 to £41,359. Benefits include a pension scheme, travel loans and 25 days annual leave (plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked).

Those applying for this post should have:

Ability to manage a team

Housing & welfare advice experience

Experience of undertaking housing & welfare casework                                 

Ability to prioritise and manage a busy caseload.

Experience of working with homeless & vulnerably housed people.

The closing date for applications for this post is Wednesday 23rd July, followed by interviews on Wednesday 30th July 2025.

An application form for this post can be downloaded HERE

A Job Description can be downloaded HERE

A Person Spec can be downloaded HERE

01/07/2025

You can see our Summer 2025 Newsletter HERE

Hi, I’m Karolina, an Advice Worker here at The Manna Centre. My colleagues and I are fundraising to help our friend and long-time volunteer – Z (for confidentiality reasons, we will refer to him as Z. throughout this message). We are trying to raise funds for Z’s solicitor fees related to his immigration application. The good news is that we have raised 60% of the needed £10,000. We have opened a Crowdfunder page to hopefully raise the outstanding £4,000.

For the past 13 years, Z. has dedicated his time and energy as a long-term volunteer with our organization. Whether it was serving the homeless, cleaning the centre’s facilities, or handling various administrative tasks, Z. has made an incredible help to us. Now he is facing a significant challenge: the high costs of solicitor fees for his immigration application. After years of giving back to the community, he now needs our help to cover these legal expenses.

Every contribution, no matter how small, will make a meaningful difference in easing the burden of these unexpected costs. Please join us in showing our appreciation for Z. and supporting him during this challenging time. Your generosity will allow him to move forward with his life. You can contribute at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-z-cover-solicitor-fees

Thank you for your kindness and for supporting a dedicated individual who has always put others first.

Please note that all funds will go to this appeal and not to The Manna Society and will not qualify for gift aid.

To see our latest Annual Report (23-24), please click HERE.

Would you like to help us out in the kitchen on a weekly basis? We are looking for kitchen volunteers on a Monday. The work is very practical, mostly putting dishes through a dishwasher. 

Or maybe once a month works better for you? If so we are in need of kitchen volunteers on the 1st & 4th Sunday of each month. 

If you are free once a week or once a month and would like to help us in the kitchen please email Paddy on mail@mannasociety.org.uk The hours are from 9am to 1pm.

Many thanks.