Youth Support Worker - 37 hours

Application Deadline: 6 October 2025

Department: Childrens Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Torbay Council

Reporting To: Team Manager

Compensation: £25,411 - £26,089 / year

Description

Job Description & Person Specification >

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is committed to improving outcomes for young people in Torbay by becoming a Youth Support Worker with Torbay Youth Service. We have both a 37 and a 30 hour post available for this role.

As part of the team you will work directly with young people to help support them with a range of needs and to enable them to be safe, be healthy and achieve their full potential.

The support offered to young people can be delivered on a 1-1 basis, in group sessions and when taking part in fun activities such as camping trips, sporting or sea-based activities and cooking or crafting activities etc. all as part of our informal education processes under the National Youth Agency’s youth work curriculum.

We would love for candidates to have experience of working with young people and are also keen to develop their learning and abilities to gain youth work qualifications.

This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.

If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser:
https://www.torbay.gov.uk/jobs/job-descriptions/youth-support-worker/

For an informal chat please contact Jenny Hunt on 07920806455 or jenny.hunt@torbay.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 13th October 2025.

Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.

Skills

Essential:

Demonstrate a successful track record of intervention work with children, young people and their families.
Demonstrate Youth Work Skills.
Committed to, and able to demonstrate, anti-discriminatory practice.
Have excellent organisational and communication skills.
Able to work collaboratively as part of a team and develop positive relationships.

This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.

Knowledge

Essential:

Awareness of issues affecting young people.
Knowledge of effective age-appropriate techniques to engage young people.
Understanding of child protection and safeguarding young people.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

Experience in supporting and engaging underserved families and delivering packages of support.
Experience of developing projects in conjunction with young people.
Successful delivery of youth programmes to young people.
Experience of working 1:1 or in groups with young people to deliver youth work interventions.

Skills

Knowledge

Experience & Qualifications

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