Youth Development Worker

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting Youth Development Workers to help deliver a wide range of youth provision citywide, including centre-based, outreach and detached work. You will work with partners to ensure young people access positive activities that build confidence and skills.

The role requires a Level 3 Youth Work qualification or equivalent, experience with at-risk youths, safeguarding knowledge, and flexibility to work evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth Work, JNC qualification in youth work, or relevant children’s service discipline.
• Experience providing high-quality services for children and young people, including those at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth violence
• Good knowledge and experience of planning, co-ordinating and leading youth work sessions to achieve best outcomes in variety of settings
• Ability to communicate sensitively and build trusting relationships with children, young people and families
• Understanding of Safeguarding and Early Help practice in respect to children, young people and families
• Ability and commitment to work evening and weekends to meet the needs of the service

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver youth provision across centre-based, outreach, and detached settings.
• Coordinate with Children’s Integrated Services and voluntary/community organisations to deliver positive activities for young people.
• Create safe, engaging and inclusive opportunities for young people to build confidence and skills.
• Oversee volunteers and ensure safe use of delivery sites; ensure high-quality delivery.
• Work flexibly across neighbourhoods and communities to be responsive to local needs.

Skills

Youth Work Qualification

JNC qualification

Child & Youth Services

Safeguarding Knowledge

Communication Skills

Education

Level 3 Youth Work

Job description

Youth Development Workers

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week post – This will include day and evenings work, finishing at 9.30pm

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location: Loxley House, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Working citywide you will be responsible for the effective development and delivery of youth provision in a variety of settings, including centre-based, outreach and detached settings. This will include delivery across a range of youth provision and community venues, including Bulwell Riverside Youth Centre, the new Youth Hub and other locations across Nottingham City.

You will work with colleagues across Children’s Integrated Services and a range of voluntary and community organisations to ensure the joint co-ordination and delivery of positive activities for young people to ensure that children and young people’s personal, social and educational development is facilitated and supported.

As part of Nottingham’s developing youth offer, you will play an important role in creating safe, engaging and inclusive opportunities for young people, helping them to build confidence, develop skills and achieve positive outcomes.

You will oversee volunteers and safe use of delivery sites / provisions and ensure that at all times delivery is planned, promotes the active engagement of children and young people and is of high quality and meets the needs of Nottingham’s diverse communities.

You will work flexibly across neighbourhoods and communities, building positive relationships with young people, families and partner organisations to ensure services are responsive to local needs and accessible to young people across the city.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth Work, JNC qualification in youth work, or relevant children’s service discipline
• Experience providing high-quality services for children and young people, including those at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth violence
• Good knowledge and experience of planning, co-ordinating and leading youth work sessions to achieve best outcomes in variety of settings, some of which may be challenging
• Ability to communicate sensitively and develop respectful and build trusting relationships with children, young people and families.
• Ability to achieve successful outcomes for children and young people by advocating and influencing across partnerships
• Understanding of Safeguarding and Early Help practice in respect to children, young people and families
• Ability and commitment to work evening and weekends to meet the needs of the service

Please ensure you demonstrate how you meet the above requirement in your supporting documents

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease email [e-mail]

Closing Date: 30th August 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Assessment Centre interviews will take place between 7 September and 25 September 2026 at locations across Nottingham.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)+ bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.