Youth Coach

1 week ago

Plymouth PL, United Kingdom Young Devon Full time £25,769 per year

An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our new

Youth Coach (Job Ref 25-61)

Plymouth House Supported Accommodation

Salary £25,769.57 per annum/pro rata. Permanent contract.

Full & part-time hours available - shifts include weekdays 08.00 to 16.00 & 14.00 to 22.00 and Sunday 9.00 to 17.00

Are you inspired by Young People and their communities? Do you want to help them find their own solutions with the support of quality Youth Work interventions in our new supported accommodation?

Plymouth House is a new accommodation opportunity providing a safe space home for young people to develop trusted relationships with trained and experienced Youth Coaches who are able to listen well and respond accordingly. Our supported accommodation is a place where services come together, with a person-centred focus, to respond to young people in the community in a place they love to call home.

You will have the skills to build relationships of trust and understanding, whilst responding to a young person's needs through a trauma-informed lens. Supporting Young People to make decisions, ensure their home is a safe space and have their voice heard to build their own plan and engage successfully with employment, education and meaningful occupation opportunities.

Please have a read through of the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what it takes then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from those with lived experience who have transferable skills.

If you then have any further questions about the role please contact Katherine Weedall: -

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What can we offer? Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, not to mention our welcoming, kind and passionate workplace culture. Access to training and career development opportunities.

Young Devon is a youth work charity committed to embracing diversity. We are an equal opportunities employer and particularly welcome applicants from areas under-represented within our workforce.

You can request an application pack from download from our website at

Please submit your Application Form to

Closing date for applications: 12 noon 9th January 2026

Interviews Friday 16th January 2026

We are not a sponsorship organisation for overseas candidates.

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.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £25,769.57 per year

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme

Work Location: In person

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