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Young Devon; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement from day one

Training and career development

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

Young Devon is hiring a Youth Coach in supported accommodation in Plymouth. You will work on-site, guiding young people to secure their own solutions and safe homes with trauma-informed support.

Your role involves listening, building trust and helping them access employment, education and meaningful activities. The position is permanent and full-time, with shifts and a pro-active approach to safeguarding and safeguarding training.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people
• Experience in accommodation or safeguarding settings preferred
• Ability to work in a trauma-informed way
• Strong communication and active listening skills
• Ability to build trust and engage with young people

Responsibilities

• Build trusting relationships with young people in supported accommodation
• Support young people to develop safe, stable living environments
• Enable engagement with education, employment and meaningful activities
• Promote voice and choice and trauma-informed decision making

Skills

Relationship building

Trauma-informed approach

Active listening

Empathy

Job description

Youth Coach in Supported Accommodation (Job Ref: 26-56)

Salary £25,769.57 per annum – Full-time role

Company: Young Devon

Salary: from £26,414 a year, pro rata

Hours: Full-time

Location: Plymouth

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 8 Sept 2026

Closing date: 24 Sept 2026

Permanent contract – Based in Plymouth

shifts are 08.00 to 16.00 Tuesday/Wednesday & 14.00 to 22.00 on Monday/Thursday & Friday

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?

Breakwater Place is a new accommodation opportunity providing a safe 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-centered 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 on 07973599920.

You can request an application pack from [e-mail] or download from our website at https://www.youngdevon.org/about/work-for-us

Please submit your Application Form to [e-mail]

Closing date for applications: 12 Noon on Thursday 24th September 2026

Interviews: Friday 2nd October 2026

Summary

An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our new..

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 (1057949) committed to embracing diversity. We are an equal opportunities employer and particularly welcome applicants from areas under-represented within our workforce.

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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.