Young Ambassador

Securitas UK; Preston; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

WithYou in Preston is recruiting a Young Ambassador aged 16-25 to support high-quality recovery care for a diverse client group. This casual role offers opportunities to participate in events and initiatives while developing communication with a wide range of people.

You will engage in local outreach at colleges and Pride events, participate in interview panels, handle administration tasks, provide 121 mentoring, and take part in co-production forums at local and organizational levels.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and keen to learn about the work.

Responsibilities

• Local outreach events, such as stalls at colleges and Pride events
• Interview panels
• Administration tasks to support the service
• 121 mentoring for 10-24 year olds
• Involvement in co-production events, such as forums and groups on a local and organisational level

Skills

Collaborative

Ethical

Inspiring

Resilient

Self challenging

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for candidates whose values match ours: Compassionate, Determined and Professional.

You may feel that you lack the knowledge or experience to work for our organisation but we are keen to hear from 16-25 year olds who live by our guiding principles (we can teach you everything else!). Please get in touch if you are:

• Collaborative - we are outstanding team players
• Ethical - we are open, honest and transparent, we are powered by our integrity and principles
• Inspiring - we are exceptional communicators who empower our clients and each other to reach potential
• Resilient - we have a positive, solution focused “can do” approach
• Self challenging - we strive for personal excellence, outstanding service quality and continual service improvement

You will have the opportunity to get involved in lots of exciting events, initiatives and tasks, including:

• Local outreach events, such as stalls at colleges and Pride events
• Interview panels
• Administration tasks to support the service
• 121 mentoring for 10-24 year olds
• Involvement in co-production events, such as forums and groups on a local and organisational level

This is a casual role and rates of pay are as follows:

• Under 18 years of age - £8.00 per hour
• Aged 18 to 20 - £10.85 an hour
• Aged 21 or over - £12.71 an hour

We’re looking for someone who can display our values whilst working with vulnerable children and young people. You should be enthusiastic and keen to learn about the work that WithYou does, as well as a real team player and someone who likes to communicate with a wide range of people.

Join our team as a Young Ambassador in Preston.

Our Preston service is looking for aYoung Ambassador, aged 16-25, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative individual and are passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.

Closing date: 1st October 2026.