Lead Transition Youth Worker

Exeter College; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holidays

Pension scheme

Free counselling

Discounted supermarket shopping

Spa treatments

Electric cars

Paddleboarding

Job summary

Exeter College seeks an Experienced Youth Worker to lead a high-impact project helping Year 11 pupils at risk of NEET move into further education, apprenticeships, employment or other positive destinations.

You will manage your own caseload, support safeguarding, and coordinate with a second Youth Worker in North Devon while building trusted relationships with young people and families to identify barriers and plan personalised transitions.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging vulnerable or disengaged young people.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and maintain professional boundaries.
• Strong communication skills and safeguarding knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new high-impact project supporting Year 11 pupils at risk of NEET.
• Manage your own caseload and coordinate another Youth Worker in North Devon.
• Collaborate with schools, college teams, careers services and local authorities to ensure smooth transitions.

Job description

Job Description and Person Specification

Experienced Youth Worker? Make a measurable impact with us. You’ll lead a new, high-impact project supporting Year 11 pupils who are at risk of becoming NEET. You’ll help young people navigate their final stages of secondary education and make a successful, sustained move into further education, an apprenticeship, employment or another positive destination.

Alongside managing your own caseload, you’ll help coordinate the day-to-day work of another Youth Worker in North Devon. You’ll build trusted, professional relationships with young people and, where appropriate, their families; identify barriers; agree personalised transition plans; and provide practical and motivational support through applications, enrolment, induction and the crucial first weeks of a young person’s next step.

Working with schools, College teams, careers services, employers, apprenticeship teams, local authorities and specialist agencies, you’ll coordinate support so young people do not fall through the gaps. You’ll maintain accurate records, monitor engagement and destinations, lead case discussions, and elevate risks and safeguarding concerns promptly.

You’ll have experience engaging vulnerable, disadvantaged or disengaged young people, building positive relationships and maintaining professional boundaries. You’ll be confident assessing needs, agreeing action plans and reviewing progress, with excellent communication skills and sound safeguarding knowledge. Experience supporting transitions into education, apprenticeships or employment, or young people with SEND or social, emotional or mental health needs, would be an advantage, but is not essential.

If you’d like to learn more, please read the job description.

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We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding.

Applying for the role

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Sunday 25th October 2026 at midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter on Wednesday 4th November 2026 .

No CVs or agencies please.

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks , including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

*The paid holidays quoted include at least 7 Christmas closure days and 8 bank holidays