Young Persons Worker - Contextual Safeguarding

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: Monday 15th June 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 working in our Contextual Safeguarding Team, 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.

Company Benefits

• 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 if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

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

DEI Statement

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ\+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please review our Recruitment Frequently Asked Questions before submitting your application.

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