Job Title: Youth Worker
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £43,328.40 to £48,737.84
Shift Allowance:
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 16/12/2025
Job Overview
About the role:
Children’s Social Care are seeking an experienced and motivated Youth Worker to join our Adolescent Team. You will provide both 1:1 and group-based support to vulnerable young people who are at risk of, or experiencing, contextual safeguarding concerns, exploitation, or going missing.
Working closely with allocated Social Workers, you will play a vital role in helping young people build safety, resilience, and positive connections. A key part of the role will also involve working 2 days a week supporting early intervention and preventative work, delivered in partnership with Jersey Youth Service.
What you will bring to the Team:
You’ll bring a passion for supporting young people and the confidence to engage with those experiencing complex challenges. With experience of working with vulnerable adolescents, you’ll have a strong understanding of safeguarding, adolescent development, and the importance of youth voice. You’ll be a natural communicator who can build trust, motivate others, and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team. Flexibility, creativity, and resilience are key, as is the ability to adapt to changing needs and work some evenings or weekends when required. A full driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role.
For an informal conversation please contact Lucy Montague at l.montague@health.gov.je
Job Purpose
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Competencies
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Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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