An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…
Young Person’s Housing Support Worker - Days (Job Ref 24-77)
Salary - £12 per hour
Various hours and shifts to be worked over a four-week rota.
Based in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe
Permanent Contract
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, conscientious person to join our Supported Housing team in our Ilfracombe and Barnstaple projects.
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: 12pm noon Monday 3rd February 2025
Interviews: Monday 10th February 2025
If you would like an informal discussion, or arrange to visit the projects, please contact Kerry Skipper (Supported Housing Area Manager (North)) on 01271 326232 / 07866 507172.
To apply for this role - please request an Application Pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website at Please submit your Application Form to hr@youngdevon.org
What can we offer?
Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, access to training and 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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