# Young Persons Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for We Are With You. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/young-persons-worker/00b1064c-dfc8-4b16-9545-11962e04c60c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/young-persons-worker/00b1064c-dfc8-4b16-9545-11962e04c60c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** We Are With You - **Town:** Bournemouth - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £26,250 to £26,250 a year - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T08:55:58.906Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0236-26-0206?employerCode=B0236 - **Application URL:** https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=V2VBcmVXaXRoWW91b2NjeS44NjA5My4xMjUxMkBzbWFydHJlY3J1aXQuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t ## Job Content ### Job summary Please note that this advert may close early or be extended, depending on the number of applications received. Please include a cover letter alongside your CV, detailing how you feel you meet the requirements of the role. Closing date: Friday 31st July 2026 ### Main duties of the job As a Young Persons Worker, you'll be supporting a caseload of young people who are experiencing difficulties with substance misuse. You'll work with them to access their needs, develop care plans, deliver a variety of treatments and/or refer them to other specialist support when needed. You'll also be proactively engaging with young people to provide them with the support, training, education and guidance they need to better understand the implication of the situations they may face and the decision they may take. This role is offered on a fixed term contract until March 2027 and will work on site, on a full time basis. As a Young Person's Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check. ### About us Please note that this advert may close early or be extended, depending on the number of applications received. Please include a cover letter alongside your CV, detailing how you feel you meet the requirements of the role. Closing date: Friday 31st July 2026 ### Details - Date posted: 17 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £26,250 to £26,250 a year - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 8 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: oc-1784203377-O2RO6 - Job locations: Preston, PR1 1FB, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities About the Role Please note that this advert may close early or be extended, depending on the number of applications received. Please include a cover letter alongside your CV, detailing how you feel you meet the requirements of the role. Closing date: Friday 31st July 2026 Join us as a Young Person's Worker in Preston - Job Description/Person Specification 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 here. Our team in Lancashire for young people up to the age of 25. You will deliver 1:1 and group work, alongside information sessions and drop-in services for young people in the local area. Find out more about this service here. Job Opportunity As a Young Persons Worker, you'll be supporting a caseload of young people who are experiencing difficulties with substance misuse. You'll work with them to access their needs, develop care plans, deliver a variety of treatments and/or refer them to other specialist support when needed. You'll also be proactively engaging with young people to provide them with the support, training, education and guidance they need to better understand the implication of the situations they may face and the decision they may take. This role is offered on a fixed term contract until March 2027 and will work on site, on a full time basis. As a Young Person's Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via . This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check. Essential Skills To be able to do this job successfully, you will have: OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months experience of working with Young People and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work evidence of continuous professional development experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with young people excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including liaising with professional to support young people the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave 2 days paid volunteer leave per year Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - To be able to do this job successfully, you will have: - OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months - experience of working with Young People and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work - evidence of continuous professional development - experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with young people - excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including liaising with professional to support young people - the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience - good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands - excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people - the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner - effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media - access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence ### Qualifications **Essential** - To be able to do this job successfully, you will have: - OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months - experience of working with Young People and/or a qualification in substance misuse, mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work - evidence of continuous professional development - experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with young people - excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including liaising with professional to support young people - the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience - good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands - excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations to large groups of young people - the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner - effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media - access to a vehicle and a full UK driving licence ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.