Dyfrig House operates between Cardiff Central and Newport Road – As you will be required to work across these locations, a Full UK Drivers Licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

About the role

Working as part of a supportive team, you will provide tailored support to individuals experiencing homelessness who are seeking help to address alcohol and substance use challenges. Some of the people we support may also have experience of the criminal justice system.

Our customers actively engage with treatment and local recovery services, and your role will be to support them in developing independence, maintaining their tenancy, and making positive, lasting life changes.

Day-to-day duties

• Plan and deliver meaningful activities that promote life skills, including budgeting, health, and wellbeing
• Engage and interact positively with customers
• Work collaboratively with Project Workers to support customers in achieving their goals and aspirations
• Take responsibility for health and safety within the service and monitor the wellbeing of customers

 Experience:

Relevant work experience is not essential for this role. We encourage you to demonstrate your values, positivity, passion, and motivation for working with vulnerable people in your application and at interview stage.

Skills & abilities:

• A passion for supporting and enabling people to live as independently as possible
• Strong initiative, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively as a team player
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and respond effectively to challenging situations
• Basic IT and literacy skills, with the ability to use digital devices and complete records and reports to document support provided to individuals
• A full driving licence and access to a car
• Full list of duties and can found on the Job description.

Values

At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic, and Progressive. When you join us, you’ll embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

Who are Codi Group?

Codi is a not-for-profit with a big heart and an even bigger mission. As Wales’ largest provider of housing, care, and support, we’re here to help people live well, feel supported, and rise to their full potential.

Every day, our teams support nearly 17,000 individuals across Wales with services that make a real and uplifting difference to their everyday lives.

Our name says it all: ‘Codi’ means rise in Welsh. It reflects who we are, where we come from, and our ambition to lift expectations, lift communities, and lift each other.

Pay and Pensions

• Salary:£25,877.80 FTE
• Sleep-in rate: £62.64 per 8 hour shift
• Pension Choices:
  • Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme with matched contributions up to 10%. Or,
  • Defined Benefit (DB) 1/80th of final salary for every year of service.
• 3 x Life Cover linked to pension membership
• Saving scheme with competitive interest rate
• Give As You Earn scheme for tax efficient charity donations
• From 1st April 2026 the option to be either weekly or monthly paid.

Time off and Flexibility

• 26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays. Rising to 27 days after 1 years service or cash equivalent of 1 days’ annual leave.
• Maternity & Adoption Leave: 20 weeks
• Paternity Leave: 3 weeks

Wellbeing

• Sick Pay, rising with length of service up to 6 months full pay after 4 years.
• Eyecare: Up to £100 reimbursement towards eye tests and glasses.
• Free counselling, coaching, wellbeing team, and OH service to all colleagues
• Annual Health Check
• Health Cash Plan

Getting Around

• Mileage paid at 45p plus 5P per passenger per mile
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Personal Development

• Continuous professional training and development
• Leadership development programmes
• Professional memberships needed for your role are reimbursed
• Career coaching
• Support with funding and time for qualifications

Perks and Recognition

• Long Service Awards
• Blue Light Card Eligibility giving discounts at 15,000 brands.
• Colleague Discount platform

FREDIE

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity to rise with us and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact support.talent@codigroup.co.uk  or 0300 373 5262

How do you apply?

If you have the skills and experience required, please follow the prompts to apply now. We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly.