Torbay Council
Young Parents & Sexual Health Engagement Practitioner - 37 hours
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Application Deadline: 30 August 2026
Department: Children's Services
Location: Torbay Council
Compensation: £31,537 - £34,434 / year
Description
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Could you help young parents feel connected, confident, and supported to give their children the best start in life?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate, and creative Young Parents & Sexual Health Engagement Practitioner to join our Children’s Services team in Torbay. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to young parents and families by building trusted relationships, reducing isolation, strengthening peer support, and helping young people access the right advice and services at the right time.
Working within our 'With Youth' Team as part of the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme, you will support young parents, typically aged under 25, to feel listened to, included, and empowered. You will provide one-to-one and group-based support, help young parents navigate local services, and work alongside them to shape activities that meet their needs and aspirations.
You will also play a key role as a contraception and sexual health champion, supporting confident, informed, and non-judgemental conversations about relationships, sexual health, and contraception. By working closely with Family Hubs, health services, youth provision, education settings, and community partners, you will help strengthen local pathways and improve outcomes for young parents and their children.
About You
You will be someone who can build rapport quickly, communicate sensitively, and work creatively with young people and young parents. You may have experience in youth work, health, public health, community work, social care, or a related field, and you will bring a strong understanding of safeguarding, professional boundaries, and the barriers young parents may face.
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You will be confident delivering group work, peer support initiatives, brief interventions, workshops, or information sessions, and you will be able to work collaboratively with a wide range of partners. Most importantly, you will be passionate about helping young parents feel valued, connected, and able to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
Why Join Us?
Torbay Council is ambitious for children, young people, and families. Our Ofsted GOOD rated Children’s Services are focused on protecting children, giving them the best start in life, and working with families in a strengths-based, restorative, and relationship-focused way. This role offers the chance to be part of that mission, working in a varied, purposeful, and rewarding post where your creativity, empathy, and partnership skills can have a lasting impact.
If you are motivated by meaningful community work, passionate about inclusion, and confident supporting young people to make informed choices, we would love to hear from you.
Skills
Essential:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to have sensitive conversations.
- Ability to engage hard-to-reach or vulnerable groups.
- Ability to work collaboratively across organisations.
- Ability to produce and maintain accurate records and reports.
- Ability to engage positively with children, young people, and their parents.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Knowledge
Essential:
- Understanding of inequalities affecting young parents.
- Knowledge of sexual health, contraception, and related public health areas.
- Understanding of professional boundaries.
- Understanding of basic human needs, physical, emotional, cultural, and social.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
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Experience & Qualifications
Essential:
- Experience working with young people and/or young parents.
- Experience of delivering group work or peer support initiatives.
- Experience of health/education/social care needs and services.
- Educated to GCSE O Level standard or equivalent.
- Relevant Level 6 qualification in nursing/youth work/allied health professional/public health/community work/social care – or equivalent skills and experience.
Application Process
This post will be carrying out Regulated Activity. As such, the post will require an Enhanced Criminal Record Check plus an additional Barred List Check. The check will reveal any spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions (which have not been filtered), any local Police information, and a check of either the Adult, Child, or Adult and Child Barred Lists.
If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser: https://www.torbay.gov.uk/jobs/job-descriptions/young-parents-sexual-health-engagement-practitioner-37-hours/.
For an informal chat, please contact Jess Tucker on 07786856139 or jessica.tucker@torbay.gov.uk.
Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 7th September 2026.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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