Youth Worker Resilience

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group

Job Location:

Glenfield - UK

Yearly Salary: £ 32070 - 34359

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

The job posting is outdated and position may be filled

Job Summary

Description

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall LE3 8RA

Salary: Grade 9 32070 - 34359 per annum(pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type:Permanent

Closing Date:01/10/2025

Interview Date:16/10/2025

The Inclusion Service are looking for a Youth Worker to join the team. Supported by your Manager and an Education Officer you will be working 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 prevents 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 ourpolicy statement.

About You

We are looking for someone who has:

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 in particular those children young people and families that 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 expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst 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 which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Emma Wiltshire Team Manager

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 Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow to Applysection 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 trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

DescriptionOrganisation:Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: County Hall LE3 8RASalary: Grade 9 32070 - 34359 per annum(pro rata for part-time)Working Hours: 37 hours per weekContract Type:PermanentClosing Date:01/10/2025Interview Date:16/10/2025The Inclusion Service are looking for a Youth ...