Young Devon • Ilfracombe, Devon
About this role
An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…
Young Persons Housing Support Worker - Sleep in (Job Ref 26-17)
2 Night Shifts per week at £132.28 per shift (Monday to Sunday over a 4-week rolling rota)
Permanent Contract - Based in Ilfracombe
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, conscientious person to join our Supported Housing team in our Ilfracombe 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 16th June 2026
Interviews
Tuesday 23rd June 2026
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-with-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 on 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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