Young Persons Housing Support Worker - Days (25-67)
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.80 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ilfracombe, Devon |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Young Devon |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Job Ref: 25-67 |
Summary
An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…
Young Person’s Housing support worker (days) (Job Ref 25-67)
16.25 hours per week – over a 4 week rolling rota, at £12.80p per hour
Permanent contract - Based in Ilfracombe and on Saturday day in Barnstaple
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, conscientious person to join our Supported Housing team in our Ilfracombe and Barnstaple project.
You will be lone working with young people (aged 16-25) who have a range of support and housing needs. Providing a holistic service assisting with accessing benefits, managing finances, health and wellbeing, maintaining accommodation, accessing education, employment or training. In addition to this you will sometimes give further support and sign-posting for additional needs. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person-centred approach to help the young people establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
You will also take an active role in the management and oversight of the buildings undertaking health and safety checks.
This post has on-call support from management.
Closing date for applications: Noon on Tuesday 20h January 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 27th January 2026
To apply for this role - please request an Application Pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website at: www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us.
Please submit your Application Form to hr@youngdevon.org
Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role please contact Kerry Skipper 07866507172
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.
Young Person’s Housing support worker (days) (Job Ref 25-67)
16.25 hours per week – over a 4 week rolling rota, at £12.80p per hour
Permanent contract - Based in Ilfracombe and on Saturday day in Barnstaple
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, conscientious person to join our Supported Housing team in our Ilfracombe and Barnstaple project.
You will be lone working with young people (aged 16-25) who have a range of support and housing needs. Providing a holistic service assisting with accessing benefits, managing finances, health and wellbeing, maintaining accommodation, accessing education, employment or training. In addition to this you will sometimes give further support and sign-posting for additional needs. You will need to take a creative approach to support, adapting your style of communication with each individual to provide a person-centred approach to help the young people establish and work towards their goals and aspirations.
You will also take an active role in the management and oversight of the buildings undertaking health and safety checks.
This post has on-call support from management.
Closing date for applications: Noon on Tuesday 20h January 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 27th January 2026
To apply for this role - please request an Application Pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website at: www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us.
Please submit your Application Form to hr@youngdevon.org
Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role please contact Kerry Skipper 07866507172
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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