Youth Worker

Cheshire East Council; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; 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 support young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for SEND and Care Leavers) through education alternatives and outreach opportunities. You will deliver one-to-one and group work, including detached work in parks and community areas, to build resilience and help young people access suitable pathways.

You will work intensively with young people who may be missing education, at risk of or exposed to exploitation, and collaborate with schools and

Responsibilities

• Deliver alternative education programmes and accredited learning opportunities.
• Provide intensive, relationship-based support to young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for SEND and Care Leavers).
• One-to-one and group-based work, including detached youth work in community areas, parks and places of interest.
• Partner with schools, families and wider services to support reintegration into education or suitable alternative pathways.
• Address barriers such as anxiety, low confidence or challenging circumstances to reduce risk and improve engagement.

Job description

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

We are looking for a dedicated, compassionate, and skilled 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.

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 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're 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.