Transition Youth Worker – (Barnstaple)

Exeter College; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incredibly generous holidays

Superb pension scheme

Free counselling

Discounted supermarket shopping

Spa treatments

Electric cars

Paddleboarding

Job summary

Exeter College is seeking a dedicated Transition Youth Worker to support Year 11 pupils at risk of NEET. You will manage a caseload of learners in North Devon, coordinating with schools, colleges and local agencies to secure positive destinations such as further education or apprenticeships.

You will build trusted relationships with young people and families, assess needs, agree action plans and guide them through applications, enrolment and the early weeks of their next steps, with safeguarding

Qualifications

• Experience engaging vulnerable, disadvantaged or disengaged young people.
• Excellent communication skills and safeguarding knowledge.
• Ability to assess needs, plan actions and review progress.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of learners in North Devon schools.
• Coordinate with Exeter Lead Transition Youth Worker and stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate records and monitor engagement and destinations.
• elevation of safeguarding concerns promptly.

Skills

Youth engagement

Safeguarding

Communication

Case management

Job description

Job Description and Person Specification

Join our new, high-impact project supporting Year 11 pupils who are at increased 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.

You will manage your own caseload of learners based in North Devon Schools, working closely with the Lead Transition Youth Worker based in Exeter. 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, 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.

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We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme.

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

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

Interviews will be held at North Devon College on Wednesday 11th 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