Young Devon - Homeless Prevention Support Worker (Job Ref 19-21)

Salary - £18,411 per annum (pro-rata) increasing to £19,433 per annum (pro-rata) after 12 months training (following the training and experience offered we expect this person to be able to evidence their progress and the role will be enhanced to a Lead Worker role, subject to them being able to fulfil the requirements of a job description).

Part-time (22.2 hours per week) based at our Exeter Youth Enquiry Service

2 Year Fixed-Term Contract

Building quality relationships with young people is at the centre of every Young Devon service.  As part of our homeless prevention service we aim to significantly reduce the number of potentially homeless young people in Exeter, East Devon and Teignbridge.

Working as part of Exeter Youth Enquiry Service team this role will give comprehensive, realistic housing advice and support to young people, predominantly 16/17-year old’s and young people leaving care. Through building professional relationships with Young people using a Youth Work person-centred approach the role seeks to engage young people in a nationally recognised homelessness prevention pathway.

We would like to offer the opportunity for someone who has a passion and interests to work alongside young people at risk of homelessness to train and develop the skills required. If this is for you then please take a look at the Job description and apply to be part of our established homeless prevention team.

Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) who is actively committed to embracing diversity. Wheelchair access available

Closing date for applications:

12 noon on Monday 24th June 2019 with interviews Monday 1st July 2019

If you would like an informal discussion please contact:

Jenny Lynch (Homeless Prevention Coordinator) on 07738 195698

For an application pack please contact hr@youngdevon.org

Young Devon is 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