Youth Worker

Surrey County Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey County Council seeks a committed Youth Worker for the CYP Haven to support young people's emotional and mental health. This fixed-term role offers a salary starting at £27,544 for 28.8 hours per week, with opportunities for professional development and a supportive working environment. The successful candidate will work within a dynamic team, delivering targeted interventions and engaging with the community to enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable young people.

Benefits

26 days' holiday (rising to 30 days after 5 years)

Option to buy up to 10 days of additional leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Carer's leave

Paternity and adoption leave

Lifestyle discounts

2 paid volunteering days

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work and mental health support.
• Ability to work independently and in partnership.
• Proficient in ICT including Word, Excel, and web applications.

Responsibilities

• Support the CYP Haven offer and deliver youth work interventions.
• Assess and plan interventions for young people's mental health needs.
• Work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Youth Work

Mental Health Support

Partnership Working

Initiative

ICT Proficiency

Job description

• Category: Care - Children and Young People
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Working hours: 28.8 hours per week
• Posted on: 12 May 2025
• Closing date: 2 June 2025

Description

The starting salary for this position is £27,544 per annum for working 28.8 hours per week. This is based on the full time equivalent JNC points 17-20 (£34,431 - £36,837). This is a 12-month fixed term contract / secondment opportunity.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Surrey's Youth Offer Service for a Youth Worker Haven position. We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and committed Youth Worker to join our highly innovative and motivated 'Child First' Youth Offer service to work within our CYP Haven Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health team.

The role will primarily be based in the Northeast, with occasional responsibilities extending across the entire county.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption, and dependents leave
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Team

The youth offer service is a targeted youth work service embedded within Children's services Adolescent Service. The service works with the most vulnerable and at-risk young people and groups who fall into the Targeted and Intensive Support categories of Surrey's continuum of support.

The service's goal is to provide relational based youth work interventions to strengthen the young people's existing plans, improve life chances and reduce escalation to more expensive and intensive statutory services such as Youth Justice, Childrens services and Mental Health services.

The Youth Offer Service has four distinct core intervention areas:

• Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health interventions (CYP Haven Programme)
• Targeted project-based vocational skills interventions
• Targeted Group Community based interventions
• ENGAGE Police Custody intervention of High risk and vulnerable young people

About the Role

The CYP Haven provides a preventative service for young people in need of support in relation to their emotional, mental health and wellbeing. This role will sit within the Youth Offer strand of the Adolescent Service and will provide support for young people to prevent them from attending higher tier services or presentation at A&E.

The successful candidate will:

• Support The CYP Haven offer alongside the CYP Haven staff team. All provision must be in accordance with the youth work curriculum and all relevant policies and guidelines including Health and Safety, Equal opportunities and Safeguarding.
• Support the lead professional to support young people referred through the Youth Offer, Adolescent Service, and all other referral routes.
• Support the delivery of weekday, daytime and out of hours (including weekends) youth work to assess need, plan, facilitate and evaluate youth work interventions that support young people with emotional and mental health needs.
• Support the delivery of high-quality targeted opportunities for young people, concentrating on support around emotional and mental health but including wider community opportunities.
• Ensure that all youth work interventions have clear learning objectives and that they are evaluated; that attendance, contact and participation are recorded in line with the agreed Youth Offer information management and that those interventions contribute to the planned responses of other professionals.
• Ensure that all youth work is in line with the Institute for Youth Work Code of Ethics as well as anti-discriminatory practice that appropriately challenges oppression and discrimination in line with the principles of youth work.
• Provide professional youth work practice knowledge and support other professional practice with a collaborative and cooperative approach.

We are a 7 day a week countywide provision and there is a requirement to work some evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the young people we support. We function as one service and will often deploy staff according to need in response to the issues presented across the county. This means from time to time you will be required to work in a different part of the County.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Ability to work effectively on your own initiative and also work in partnership
• Ability to deliver effective youth work in a variety of approaches in relation to participation and targeted prevention
• Ability to assess children and young people's Mental Health needs and develop interventions based on those needs
• Ability to develop and maintain local networks and engage other agencies and groups in work with young people
• Be proficient in the use of ICT (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Web based applications)

The role holder will need to have the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of the role.

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills, or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 02/06/2025 with interviews to follow.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Values

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Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.