Youth Worker

Cheshire East Council; Congleton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave

Salary sacrifice green car scheme

White goods salary sacrifice scheme

Enhanced public pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Cheshire East Council is seeking a dedicated Youth Worker to join our Targeted Youth Work Team, supporting young people aged 13–19 (up to 25 for SEND and Care Leavers) as they transition into adulthood.

You will deliver alternative education programmes, provide intensive one-to-one and group support, and undertake detached youth work in communities to improve engagement, wellbeing and progression into education or suitable alternatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work with young people aged 13–19 (up to 25 for SEND and Care Leavers).
• Ability to deliver one-to-one and group-based support and note interventions.
• Willingness to engage in detached youth work in communities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver alternative education programmes and accredited learning opportunities.
• Provide intensive, relationship-based support to remove barriers to education.
• Carry out detached youth work to engage hard-to-reach young people and reduce risk behaviours.

Skills

Youth work

Detached youth work

Partnership working

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people?

We are looking for adedicated, compassionate, and skilled Youth Workerto join our Targeted Youth Work Team, supporting young people aged13–19(up to25for SEND and Care Leavers) as they transition into adulthood.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role working with young people who are:

• Missing out on education
• Missing from home
• At risk of, or open to, criminal or sexual exploitation

• SEND, LGBTQ
• Facing challenges around wellbeing, resilience, or independence

About the role

You will deliver alternative education programmes, accredited learning opportunities, and both daytime and evening support through one-to-one and group-based work. Including detached youth work in community areas, parks and places of interest.

The Youth Worker will provide intensive, relationship-based support to young people struggling to access school or alternative provision. This includes one to one intervention to address barriers such as anxiety, low confidence, or challenging circumstances, partnership working with schools, families, and wider services, supporting reintegration into education or identifying suitable alternative pathways.

Detached Youth Work - The post includes proactive detached youth work, engaging young people in their communities who may not access traditional services, particularly those who we worry about in contextual safeguarding. This enables early identification of emerging issues and vulnerabilities, building trusted relationships with hard-to-reach young people, providing informal support, information, and signposting, reducing risk taking behaviours and anti-social behaviour.

Replacing this post will help the young people within our service to improve school attendance and engagement in learning, strengthen early intervention and prevention work, enhance community presence and safeguarding through detached youth work.

The role is diverse with no one day the same, for more information on the role please view the 'In this job you will' section within the attached job description specification document.

In return we are able to offer:

• Enhanced annual leave- Start with an impressive 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) from day one, and watch it grow to 39 days after just five years of service
• Purchase of annual leave –Want more time off? You can purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year, giving you the flexibility to balance work and life just the way you want (Pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme- Drive green and save green! Lease a brand-new electric or hybrid car through our salary sacrifice scheme. There’s no credit checks, no deposits, just significant savings and exclusive offers on a three-year lease
• White goods salary sacrifice scheme -Upgrade your home with ease. Purchase home and electronic items through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost of big-ticket purchases like appliances, computers, and tech gadgets directly from your salary
• Enhanced public pension-Secure your future with our career average pension, where contributions are built at a rate of 1/49th of your yearly pensionable pay
• Cycle to work scheme -Save up to 25-39% on the retail price of bikes and safety equipment through Income Tax and National Insurance savings. Get fit and save money!
• Employee assistance programme- Access a completely free and confidential assistance service to help manage, reduce, and overcome life’s challenges, both at work and in your personal life
• Discounted gym membership -Stay active and healthy with corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure, including:
  • Gym, Swim and Group Fitness at all 16 facilities
  • Off-Peak Racket Sports
  • Athletics Tracks
  • Sauna/Steam/Spa

Join us and experience a workplace that truly values and supports you!

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

For any technical enquiries please email [e-mail]

Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.

For more information contact Kay McIntyre - [e-mail].