Key Worker- Youth Connect SouthWest

Bath and North East Somerset Council; Bath; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Youth Connect South West (YCSW) is seeking a dedicated Key Worker to join our Alternative Education Team in Bath and North East Somerset. You will provide intensive support to young people aged 16-25 with SEND, developing personalised plans and coordinating with professionals to promote education and independence.

Travel to young people’s homes across B&NES will be required, and you will help them travel to sessions.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting young people with SEND.
• Able to travel to homes across Bath & North East Somerset.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and data protection awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive support to young people with SEND.
• Develop personalised action plans focusing on strengths, needs, and aspirations.
• Support access to volunteering, work experience, and educational opportunities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for young people and their parents/carers.
• Coordinate with a team of professionals to deliver holistic support.
• Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings.
• Ensure high attendance rates and timely completion of assessments and action plans.
• Engage in 1-to-1 activities tailored to young people's needs, including vocational, PSHE, and enrichment activities.
• Assist in exploring next steps beyond the programme, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure safeguarding and data protection compliance.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Please note this is not a Bath & North East Somerset Council Vacancy.

Youth Connect South West (YCSW) is a young people's charity in Bath and North East Somerset. We provide a range of services to support young people to enjoy today, prepare for tomorrow, and become the people they want to be.

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Key Worker to join our Alternative Education Team. You will provide intensive support to young people aged 16-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), helping them access educational opportunities and prepare for adulthood. This role involves developing personalised action plans, coordinating with professionals, and supporting young people in their educational and personal development journeys. This is a community-based position and there will be a requirement to travel to young people's homes across B&NES, and you will need to be able to support young people to travel to sessions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide intensive support to young people with SEND.
• Develop personalised action plans focusing on strengths, needs, and aspirations.
• Support access to volunteering, work experience, and educational opportunities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for young people and their parents/carers.
• Coordinate with a team of professionals to deliver holistic support.
• Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings.
• Ensure high attendance rates and timely completion of assessments and action plans.
• Engage in 1-to-1 activities tailored to young people's needs, including vocational, PSHE, and enrichment activities.
• Assist in exploring next steps beyond the programme, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with safeguarding and data protection protocols.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and dynamic team.
• Access to professional development opportunities.
• Enjoy an excellent wellbeing package.

Salary Information:

We use job evaluation to assess the relative value of roles based on educational standards, responsibility, accountability, complexity, and autonomy. This evaluation determines the role’s position within our pay structure.

Starting pay for new starters is set within the evaluated salary range for the role and is determined by objective criteria including relevant experience, skills and market data. Job evaluation ensures that pay decisions are consistent and defensible.

Safeguarding Statement

YCSW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

Please note that by submitting your application you are giving consent to the information that you provide being stored and used in the selection process. In line with the Data Protection Act 1998, all information about you will be securely held, with access restricted solely to those involved in the appointment process.