The charity held talks with union Unite this week over proposals including cutting pay, altering terms and conditions, and potential redundancies.
Matt Smith, regional industrial officer for Unite, said a 90-day consultation period has begun but added that the union’s members are not in dispute with the charity.
The consultation comes just a week after latest government figures revealed the number of homeless young people has risen by 15 per cent over the past year.
The number of 16- to 24-year-olds accepted as homeless by councils rose from 3,540 in the first quarter of 2010 to 4,060 during the first three months of this year — the biggest recorded year-on-year increase.
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