| Salary £32,020-£34,522 Per annum | Fixed Term until 31/03/2025,  Full Time,  37 hours per week | 

International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship 

The Targeted Youth Support team part of Lancashire County Council's, Children and Family Wellbeing Service is looking to recruit 1 (JNC qualified) Professional Range Youth Worker, to cover long term sickness from April 1st 2024 to March 31st 2025. This position is to work in the Burnley district of Lancashire, we are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic, organised and passionate about making a difference and changing young people’s lives. 

The Service is a key contributor to the prevention and early intervention/early help agenda for Lancashire County Council. The Service delivers targeted prevention and early intervention work to ensure that young people get the help they need early and to reduce the necessity for higher cost specialist intervention.  It enables young people to succeed by providing high quality informal education opportunities to promote their personal and social development.  It supports young people who are challenged in education, their communities or home life to ensure a successful transition to adulthood.

The Youth Worker's role is to contribute to the delivery of youth work opportunities in a variety of settings, including youth clubs and in collaboration with schools and other agencies. Youth Workers will report to a Team Leader and will work closely with other youth work staff and volunteers to maximise opportunities for young people to access social and personal development as well as learning opportunities.

The main purpose of the role is to initiate and develop relationships with 11 to 19 year olds and up to 25 year olds for young people with vulnerabilities. Working directly with targeted young people to enable them to broaden their horizons and involvement in positive activities. By designing and developing youth work responses underpinned by the 4 cornerstones of youth work, equality, participation, education and empowerment and delivery of the Youth Offer.

The focus of your work will be with vulnerable and at-risk groups to deliver preventative programmes, evidencing learning outcomes and delivering to targets. You will deliver projects and establish new initiatives which develop, with young people, stimulating and challenging youth work programmes.  You will work in group settings and deliver one-to-one to identified individuals.

You will have the ability to quickly establish positive relationships with diverse groups of young people and partners, to respond flexibly to their needs and to the priorities of the Service. Good IT, organisation and communication skills are essential as you will need to record data on a management information system, meet targets, produce reports and correspond with young people, parents and partners.

You will deliver face to face work in accordance with JNC terms and conditions including, trips, activity days and residentials. You will be required to travel across the districts and at times across county so access to a vehicle is essential.

You will have a nationally recognised JNC qualification for Youth and Community Workers and evidence of continued professional development or dependant on applications. 

Please DO NOT include a CV, but provide a supporting letter of how you meet the person specification as included in the role profile. 

The post covers:

• Burnley District

Closing Date: 28th April 2024
Interview Date: TBC

For an informal discussion and more information please contact:

Brian Wood Brian.Wood@lancashire.gov.uk, Tel:01772 538857 Mob:07795 222745

Debs Cardwell Deb.Cardwell@lancashire.gov.uk, Tel:01282 470877 Mob:07919 227476

Carl Coughlan Carl.Coughlan@lancashire.gov.uk, Tel:01772 534993 Mob:07795 497315

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab. 

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability. 

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description and Person Specification