Lead Transition Youth Worker

eTeach UK Limited; Exeter; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; 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 is seeking an Experienced Youth Worker to lead a high-impact project helping Year 11 pupils at risk of NEET move into further education, apprenticeships or employment. You will manage a caseload and help coordinate another Youth Worker in North Devon, building trusted relationships with students and families while removing barriers to progression.

You will collaborate with schools, colleges, careers services and local authorities to ensure sustained positive destinations,

Qualifications

• Experience engaging vulnerable, disadvantaged or disengaged young people with positive relationship-building and professional boundaries.
• Experience supporting transitions into education, apprenticeships or employment; SEND or SEMH needs experience is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new high-impact project supporting Year 11 pupils at risk of NEET.
• Manage your own caseload and coordinate a second Youth Worker in North Devon.
• Build trusted relationships with young people and, where appropriate, their families; identify barriers and agree personalised transition plans.
• Provide practical and motivational support through applications, enrolment, induction and initial weeks of next steps.
• Coordinate with schools, college teams, careers services, employers and local authorities to ensure rapid progression and prevent gaps.

Skills

Youth work experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Excellent communication

Job description

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

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.

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. To learn more and see what our staff have to say, please visit our website.

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. Read more on our careers page.

• incredibly generous holidays
• superb pension scheme
• free counselling
• discounted supermarket shopping
• spa treatments
• electric cars
• paddleboarding

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