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Youth Mission Worker

The Salvation Army
Wakefield, England
Full time
June 22, 2025

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Interview Date: 1 Aug 2025

Outstanding opportunity for Youth Mission Worker at Horbury Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of spiritual youth programmes and outreach with the local community to fulfil the aims of the Mission Development Plan.

Develop effective working partnerships with internal mission development teams to ensure spiritual programmes are designed and implemented in alignment with organisational and best practice principles
  • Lead on establishing links to the community, schools, colleges and any relevant external agencies to maximise the effective delivery of programmes to the community
  • Develop and lead worship in the spiritual youth programme and where appropriate provide chaplaincy, mentoring and pastoral care visits to support young people
  • Demonstrate both a professional and caring manner when interacting with programme participants to create a welcoming and supportive environment
The ability and willingness to support the fulfilment of the spiritual aims of the programme, showing compassion and understanding to all programme participants and be willing to support an individual’s spiritual needs
  • A strong level of English - both spoken and written - and numeracy required to enable you to fulfil all duties of the role
  • The ability and willingness to lead and/or participate in worship, provide pastoral care and bring young people in the local community into a living faith with Jesus
  • Proven good experience of using Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), Outlook and Teams to perform your work duties
  • Demonstrable ability to use your initiative, plan, organise and prioritise your tasks to effectively meet your objectives
  • An awareness of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements such as health and safety, data protection, safeguarding, equality and diversity

This role has an “occupational requirement” to be a practising and committed Christian,
actively involved with your own Church


This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian and will be in sympathy with the doctrines of, and supportive of, the purposes and the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK, Enhanced DBS Disclosure with barred list check for the child workforce

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click here and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.


We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

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