YOUNG VICTIMS OF CRIME LEAD WORKER - PLYMOUTH

An invitation to join us at Young Devon as our next…

Young Victims of Crime Lead Worker (Job Ref: 26-31)

Permanent contract - £25,247.00 per annum pro rataPart-time - 20 hours per week- Based in Plymouth

Passionate about the emotional wellbeing, safety and mental health of children and young people?

Think you can make a difference to young people by listening and supporting them to move forward?

The service delivers trauma informed support to young people who have experienced a crime, to listen and value their experiences, understand the impacts this has had for them and to together find a goal and a way forward. You will be based at the Young Devon building in Plymouth as well as undertaking work in a wide range of community settings including, where appropriate, schools and young people’s homes to enable young people to engage with support in the way that will work for them best.

This support might include work on, self-esteem, managing emotions, understanding the crime a young person has experienced and the impacts of this trauma.

Your support will be a combination of face to face, online and group work sessions and you will be skilled at creating a safe, confidential, enjoyable space wherever you meet.

If you would like a chance to really make a difference for young victims of crime, you have the skills outlined in the person specification, can engage them and help them to feel supported, stay connected and build their resilience, character and confidence then we want to hear from you.

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 15th July Online interviews: Monday 20th July 2026
Interview date: Friday 24th July 2026

You can request an application pack from hr@youngdevon.org or download from the links below:

Application Form - Young Victims of Crime Lead Worker (26-31)

Job Description and Person Specification - Young Victims of Crime Lead Worker (26-31)

Please read the job description and person specification. If you then have any further questions about the role, please contact Jenny Lynch 07706326815.

Please submit your Application Form to: hr@youngdevon.org

What can we offer?

Young Devon provides generous holiday entitlement from day one, not to mention our welcoming, kind and passionate workplace culture.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for overseas candidates.

Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and committed to embracing diversity.

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.