Targeted Youth Worker

Empowerment Charity; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Auto enrolment pension

29 days holiday + bank holidays

Full-time 35 hours

Job summary

Empowerment Charity is seeking a dedicated role to provide targeted, trauma-informed support to older children and young people affected by domestic abuse, helping them engage with education and services. The role focuses on building trusted relationships through outreach, one-to-one support and group activities to enhance resilience and safe decision-making.

The post reports to The Den Manager, offers full-time hours (35 per week), and includes 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children/young people affected by trauma or safeguarding concerns.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with young people and families.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles and risk assessment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Make proactive contact with children and young people within service procedures.
• Provide trauma-informed, one-to-one support tailored to needs and readiness.
• Build positive, empowering relationships with young people at risk of disengagement.
• Engage with partner services to ensure coordinated support.
• Use creative approaches to help young people express experiences.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Youth engagement

Relationship building

Safeguarding

Tools

Record keeping

Job description

Role Purpose: You will provide targeted, trauma-informed support to older children and young people affected by domestic abuse who are at risk of criminality, exploitation or disengagement from education, employment or training. Working within the DEN, you will build trusted, consistent relationships with young people, including those who may find it difficult to engage with traditional services. Through flexible outreach, one-to-one support and group activities, you will help young people understand risk, build confidence and resilience, develop positive coping strategies and make safer, more informed choices about their futures. You will work closely with safeguarding partners and other services to ensure young people receive coordinated support that reflects their individual needs, strengths and goals.

• Salary: £26,500 per annum, rising to £27,500 for candidates holding the relevant professional qualification.
• Hours of work: Full-time: 35 hours per week (to be worked flexibly)
• Reports to: The Den Manager
• Holiday entitlement: 29 days per year (plus bank holidays)
• Pension: Auto enrolment into the workplace pension scheme
• Location: Empowerment Base, 333 Bispham Road, Blackpool, FY2 0HH
• Closing Date: 17/11/2026

Our mission is to work alongside people across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast who feel unheard, ensuring they are empowered to create real and positive change in their own lives and the lives of others.

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

• Make proactive contact with children and young people within the timescales set out in service procedures.
• Provide specialist, trauma-informed one-to-one support tailored to each young person’s needs, risks, priorities and readiness to engage.
• Build positive, trusting and empowering relationships with young people affected by domestic abuse who are at risk of criminality, exploitation or becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training).
• Engage proactively with young people referred through safeguarding partners, including schools, Children’s Social Care, Early Help, police, health services, community organisations and the Prevent Partnership Panel.
• Use creative, activity-based and other appropriate methods to help young people communicate, express their feelings and make sense of their experiences.

About You

You are a compassionate, resilient and child-centred professional who is passionate about helping young people navigate difficult experiences and improve their emotional wellbeing. With experience of supporting children and young people affected by trauma, domestic abuse or mental health challenges, you can build trusting relationships, communicate in a way that helps young people feel safe and understood, and provide support that is empowering, non-judgemental and trauma-informed. You understand the importance of safeguarding, partnership working and listening to young people’s voices, and you are committed to helping them build confidence, resilience and positive coping strategies for the future.

Staff Development

• Be flexible and responsive to the needs of individual children and young people and the service.
• Attend and participate in team meetings and the supervision process.
• Participate in relevant training and development opportunities and take responsibility for own learning and professional development.
• Develop own knowledge and practice and contribute to the learning and effectiveness of the wider team.
• Contribute positively to team working and collaborative practice.

General Responsibilities

Person Specific

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to develop positive, empowering relationships and motivate young people who may be disaffected, excluded or reluctant to engage with services.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt approaches to different ages, needs and communication styles.
• Knowledge and understanding of the impact of domestic abuse and trauma on children and young people.
• Understanding of safeguarding children and young people, risk assessment and appropriate responses to safeguarding concerns.
• Ability to engage young people in conversations about risk, exploitation, criminality, education and positive future choices in a non-judgemental way.

Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people, particularly those affected by trauma, disadvantage or safeguarding concerns.
• Experience of supporting building relationships with young people who face barriers to engagement or may be at risk of exclusion or disengagement.
• Experience of using different approaches to communicate with children and young people.
• Experience of assessing or managing risk and responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Experience of multi-agency working is desirable.
• Experience of maintaining records and working within confidentiality and organisational procedures.

Personal Qualities

• Enthusiasm and a genuine commitment to supporting children and young people.
• A demonstrable belief in the rights of service users and a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
• A positive, professional attitude and non-judgemental approach.
• Kindness, patience, empathy and flexibility.
• Honesty, integrity and reliability.
• Commitment to the organisation’s vision, mission and values.

General

• Maintain confidentiality and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. (GDPR)
• To demonstrate kindness and respect at all times to the people who engage with this service and to colleagues.
• To put the people who we support at the heart of everything we do.
• To comply with all policies and procedures relating to the service.
• Ensure accurate records and documentation are maintained in line with both statutory and organisational requirements.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining cultures and strategies in which people are respected and valued as individuals.
• Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the workplace in line with relevant legislation at all times.
• Staff will be required to work flexibly and attend meetings, training and supervision to ensure the effective operation of the service.
• Reliability (in terms of tasks given and attendance).
• Commitment to the organisations’ vision, mission and