Education and Wellbeing Support Worker 

Youth Education and Wellbeing Team (Variable Hours)

Reports to:         Youth Education and Wellbeing Team Leader

Salary:                  £12.71 per hour starting salary

Contract:             Variable Hours

Hours:                   Variable

Based at:              Elm Tree Court, Devizes or nearest office location to home with travel to various sites.

The YEW Team has grown in recent years due to the success of the Forest School and Education programmes being offered by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. This post supports the Trust’s aim of helping people to live more sustainably and engage with the benefits of the natural world. 

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a national leader in the use of green prescription and Forest School techniques to support children, young people and adults with a range of needs and abilities.  This role will continue to develop and progress this work. 

Applicants must have at least two years’ experience working with children with a variety of needs, and need their own means of transport to get to sites. We are particularly in need in the Salisbury and Melksham areas.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. All WWT staff will receive safeguarding training and must ensure that they comply with WWT’s safeguarding policy.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need talented people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side.  Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include: 

• Employer pension contribution up to 7.5%
• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro-rata)/ 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• Free tea and coffee
• Head office in town centre with parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Two staff wellbeing days per annum

A full job description and application pack is available to download below.

Closing Date: 9am on 16^th April 2026

PLEASE NOTE: if interest is significant we reserve the option to close the vacancy early and conduct interviews on an as required basis. Should the vacancy remain open until the stated deadline then interviews will be held on Thursday 23^rd April 2026 in Devizes.

Please submit your application to recruitment@wiltshirewildlife.org

Please note we are only able to accept applications via our application form and when completing the form please ensure you use the ‘supporting statement’ section to evidence how you believe you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description. This information will be used in our short-listing process.

As a charity Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd is committed to saving costs.  Therefore, if you have not received an invitation to attend an interview within three weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.