In-Reach Youth Worker
| Posting date: | 06 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.39 to £14.43 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | Barnstaple, Devon |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Young Devon |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Job Ref 25-34 |
Summary
An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…
In-Reach Project Youth Worker (Job Ref 25-34)
Salary – £25,769.57 - £27,771.89 per annum pro rata depending on qualification and experience
14.8 hours per week – Barnstaple based
Fixed term to 31st March 2026 with intent to secure longer term funding
If you would like to help improve the emotional health, wellbeing and resilience of young people and believe building quality relationships is key to supporting young people this project could be the role for you.
We work in partnership with local youth organisations and North Devon Hospital. The role gives you the opportunity to be part of a team of mental health youth workers working alongside young people and their families to provide young-person led support through quality youth work interventions ensuring that young people can set their own goals, leave the hospital ward and manage in the community to avoid readmission.
We ask that you can build relationships of trust and understanding, whilst responding to a young person’s needs through a trauma-informed lens. Supporting them to make decisions, have their voice heard to build their own plan and longer-term strategies to prevent going into hospital wards.
Please have a read through the job description and person specification and if you think you have what it takes then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from those with lived experience who have transferrable skills.
To apply for this role - please request an Application Pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website at https://www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us
Please submit your Application Form to hr@youngdevon.org
Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 26th August
Online pre-interview on Thursday 28th August
Interviews: Monday 1st September in Barnstaple
Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role, please contact Pete Heckles on 07840 854722 or Ros Arscott on 07894 512246.
What can we offer?
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, not to mention our welcoming, kind and passionate workplace culture.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates.
Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and embracing diversity. We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In-Reach Project Youth Worker (Job Ref 25-34)
Salary – £25,769.57 - £27,771.89 per annum pro rata depending on qualification and experience
14.8 hours per week – Barnstaple based
Fixed term to 31st March 2026 with intent to secure longer term funding
If you would like to help improve the emotional health, wellbeing and resilience of young people and believe building quality relationships is key to supporting young people this project could be the role for you.
We work in partnership with local youth organisations and North Devon Hospital. The role gives you the opportunity to be part of a team of mental health youth workers working alongside young people and their families to provide young-person led support through quality youth work interventions ensuring that young people can set their own goals, leave the hospital ward and manage in the community to avoid readmission.
We ask that you can build relationships of trust and understanding, whilst responding to a young person’s needs through a trauma-informed lens. Supporting them to make decisions, have their voice heard to build their own plan and longer-term strategies to prevent going into hospital wards.
Please have a read through the job description and person specification and if you think you have what it takes then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from those with lived experience who have transferrable skills.
To apply for this role - please request an Application Pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website at https://www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us
Please submit your Application Form to hr@youngdevon.org
Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 26th August
Online pre-interview on Thursday 28th August
Interviews: Monday 1st September in Barnstaple
Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role, please contact Pete Heckles on 07840 854722 or Ros Arscott on 07894 512246.
What can we offer?
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, not to mention our welcoming, kind and passionate workplace culture.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates.
Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and embracing diversity. We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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