Youth Worker

Medirest Signature; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional council is seeking a Youth Worker to support young people facing educational challenges. You will work collaboratively with your Manager and an Education Officer to offer innovative solutions. This role emphasizes building emotional resilience among vulnerable youth, requiring significant experience in related fields. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early due to potential early closure of applications.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive work environment

Commitment to equality and diversity

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Experience of working with children with Social, Emotional, Mental Health Needs.
• Possession of a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Work face-to-face and virtually with young people facing challenges.
• Support young people to build resilience against barriers to education.
• Develop and deliver training and group work.

Skills

Working with children and families

Engaging with vulnerable young people

Experience in a multi-agency setting

Innovative engagement techniques

Delivering training and group work

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Field-Based Worker

Salary: £31,074 - £33,294 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 7th August 2025

Interview Date(s):TBC

The Inclusion Service is looking for a Youth Worker to join the team. Supported by your Manager and an Education Officer, you will work face-to-face and virtually with young people who are facing challenges accessing education.

About the Role

The Inclusion Service works with children, young people and their families to support them to achieve the best outcomes possible. This role within the Service is aimed at supporting young people where there are vulnerabilities due to emotional wellbeing that prevent the young person from engaging in education. The principal aim is to support the young person to build resilience against the barriers to education through planned interventions and innovative delivery styles.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement .

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words.

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families in either case or group work situations.
• Experience of working with children with Social, Emotional, Mental Health Needs.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency setting.
• Experience of engaging with young people who are vulnerable or from a hard-to-reach group.
• The use of innovative and interactive techniques to engage young people, parents, staff, and partners, particularly those children, young people, and families who are hard to reach.
• Experience of developing and delivering training and group work.
• Possession of a valid driving licence, access to a vehicle, and relevant insurances. However, a reasonable adjustment will be considered for an applicant with a disability.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to,equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence them when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style that determines where it can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Emma Wiltshire -Team Manager

Phone : [phone]

Email : [e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when applying for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support .

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