Young Persons Worker

**About the role**:
**All applicants need to submit a CV and a covering letter detailing why you should be considered for this role.**

**Closing date: 27th October 2025**

**Join our team as a Young Persons Worker in Wigan**

**Do you have a great rapport with young people? Are you passionate about educating and supporting them to navigate their way through the many issues they face today? If so, we'd love to hear from you.**

**As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year.**

**As a Young Person's Worker, you will offer vital support, training, and education to young people in their locality. They work with other agencies and professionals to safeguard their young clients, working with their families too where appropriate. The work can be challenging but it's always rewarding and at With You, you'll be part of an amazing team making a real difference to people's lives.**

**You will be working in partnership with the local authority and will work between WithYou services and the local authority offices, therefore a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role.**

**In this role, you'll be supporting a caseload of young people who are experiencing difficulties with substance misuse. You'll work with them to access their needs, develop care plans, deliver a variety of treatments and/or refer them to other specialist support when needed.**

**You'll also be proactively engaging with young people to provide them with the support, training, education and guidance they need to better understand the implication of the situations they may face and the decision they may take.**

**Company Benefits**:

- ** 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays**:

- ** An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice**:

- ** Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave**:

- ** 2 days paid volunteer leave per year**:

- ** Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme**:

- ** Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands**:

- ** Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing**:

- ** We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period**

**Essential Skills**:
**To be able to do this job successfully, you will have**:

- ** OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months**:

- ** experience of working with Young People and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work**:

- ** evidence of continuous professional development**:

- ** experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with young people**:

- ** excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including liaising with professional to support young people**:

- ** the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience**:

- ** good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands**:

- ** excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people**:

- ** the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner**:

- ** effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media**:

- ** access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence**

**Creating an Inclusive Environment**:
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.