Young Person Intervention Coaching Practitioner

Join Streets of Growth and play a direct role in supporting vulnerable young people aged 15–21 to move away from exploitation, violence, trauma, and harmful lifestyles, and towards positive futures in education, employment, and life. This is a frontline role for someone who is committed, emotionally resilient, and ready to make a meaningful difference where it matters most.

As a Young Person Intervention Coaching Practitioner, you will deliver Streets of Growth’s evidence-led Appropriate Intervention Plus Model (AIM+), building trusted professional relationships with young people facing complex risks and challenges. You will work one-to-one, in the community, and alongside families, partners, and agencies to reduce harm, strengthen resilience, and support long-term progression.

This is not a desk-based 9-to-5 role. It is dynamic, relational, and responsive. It includes targeted street outreach, crisis response, intervention and safety planning, safeguarding, and helping young people move towards positive, independent futures.

The postholder will deliver Streets of Growth’s two-year Appropriate Intervention Plus Model (AIM+), working strategically through targeted outreach, one-to-one intervention coaching, group work and coordinated partnership practice. This position is both a relationship and community based practice

Develop strong, consistent relationships with young people on your caseload, helping them feel seen, supported, and positively challenged to grow.

Create and implement individual intervention plans for young people experiencing trauma, exploitation, violence, abuse, or other forms of harm.

Engage young people in the spaces where support is needed most, including on the street, in homes, in schools, and through partnership settings.

Use harm reduction skills, appropriate intervention coaching, safeguarding practice, and progression planning to help young people move into safer and more stable lifestyles.

Work alongside social services, police, schools, colleges, youth services, and internal employability staff to support coordinated outcomes for young people.

Maintain accurate records, monitor progression, and contribute to KPI delivery through Streets of Growth’s case management systems and programme framework.

This role is for someone with strong frontline experience working with vulnerable young people in high-pressure or complex settings. You will likely come from a background in youth work, education, youth justice, social work, or a related field, and be confident building trust with young people who may be reluctant, challenging, or in crisis.

You will be well suited to this role if you bring:

experience managing complex caseloads of vulnerable young people

confidence working across safeguarding and multi-agency environments

knowledge of trauma-informed practice, risk assessment, and contextual safeguarding

the ability to stay calm, relational, and consistent in difficult situations

sound judgement, emotional resilience, and professional boundaries

a genuine passion for helping young people build safer futures

Salary and package

Top of salary band: £35,000

Contract: Permanent, dependent on funding

DBS: Enhanced DBS required

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Fair and benchmarked salary reviews

24/7 Employee Assistance Scheme

Time Off in Lieu for additional hours worked

Referral bonus scheme of up to £150

Modern office location with transport links into Central London