Mental Health Youth Worker

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 19 March 2025


• Salary: £25,019 to £25,019 per year, pro rata


• Hours: Full time


• Closing date: 31 March 2025


• Location: Exeter, Devon


• Remote working: On-site only


• Company: Young Devon


• Job type: Permanent


• Job reference: Job Ref 24-97

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An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…

Mental Health Youth Worker (Job Ref 24-97)

£25,019 pro rata per annum (£21,638.06 actual salary)

Permanent contract - 32 hours per week

Are you passionate about supporting the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people?

Do you want to make a real difference as part of a dedicated team working within Exeter Primary Care Network?

At Young Devon, we are committed to improving the lives of children and young people. This is an exciting opportunity to join our wider well-being team, using your youth work skills to provide vital mental health and well-being support. You will be working on behalf of a group of GP practices within a Primary Care Network (PCN), helping to make a lasting impact on young people's lives.

You will be working for Young Devon, based in a PCN as a member of the integrated teams in GP surgeries. We are looking for competent practitioners, able to work autonomously and creatively in a busy and demanding role. You will help to reduce isolation and improve health and wellbeing through aspects of social prescribing, health coaching, care co-ordination and low-level psychological intervention. Supporting individuals by engaging in fun and developmental activities, helping them to access a range of support services and interventions to bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services.

If you would like a chance to really make a difference for young people and have the skills outlined in the person specification, can engage them and help them to feel supported, stay connected and build their resilience, character and confidence then we want to hear from you.

Join us and be part of something meaningful!

Closing date for applications: 12noon on 1st April 2025

Stage 1 interviews: Online - Week beginning 7th April 2025

Stage 2 interviews: TBC for successful applicants

Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role please contact Nicky Hall on or nicky.hall@youngdevon.org

For an application pack please contact hr@youngdevon.org or download from our website www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us. Please send to hr@youngdevon.org once completed.

We are not a sponsorship organisation for overseas candidates.

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

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.

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Are you passionate about supporting the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people?

Do you want to make a real difference as part of a dedicated team working within Exeter Primary Care Network?

At Young Devon, we are committed to improving the lives of children and young people. This is an exciting opportunity to join our wider well-being team, using your youth work skills to provide vital mental health and well-being support. You will be working on behalf of a group of GP practices within a Primary Care Network (PCN), helping to make a lasting impact on young people's lives.

You will be working for Young Devon, based in a PCN as a member of the integrated teams in GP surgeries. We are looking for competent practitioners, able to work autonomously and creatively in a busy and demanding role. You will help to reduce isolation and improve health and wellbeing through aspects of social prescribing, health coaching, care co-ordination and low-level psychological intervention. Supporting individuals by engaging in fun and developmental activities, helping them to access a range of support services and interventions to bridge the gap between Primary Care and Secondary Mental Health Services.

If you would like a chance to really make a difference for young people and have the skills outlined in the person specification, can engage them and help them to feel supported, stay connected and build their resilience, character and confidence then we want to hear from you., Disability Confident
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .