Youth Worker (Lead Worker)

Job description

We are recruiting a Youth Worker (Lead Worker)at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, Term Time Only
Location: Hanger Youth & Community Centre
Team: Youth Service

This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organisation.

We pay an attractive salary of £29,387.28 - £32,086.24 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Innovate Project as a Lead Youth Worker. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality youth work programmes, empowering young people to overcome barriers, build confidence and resilience, and achieve positive outcomes in their personal and education development.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A relevant Level 3 qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales. For example, Youth and Community Work, Community Development, Criminal Justice, Early Years, Education, Teaching, Social Work
• Experience of delivering support, training and mentoring to young people
• A full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to visit young people and to transport them on a regular basis during the week.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list.

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Gareth Jones on 01685840358 / 01443822407 or email [email protected] .

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact [email protected] for further information.

Caerphilly County Borough Council does not receive applications submitted via the StudySmarter website. All applications must be submitted through our official Council website.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Education (Wales) Act 2014 and the Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015 as amended, set out the requirement for qualified youth workers and qualified youth support workers to be registered in the category or categories of registration for the work the undertake.

Your employment will be subject to satisfactory documentary evidence of registration, and continuing registration, as a qualified youth worker or qualified youth support work.

Information on how to register with the Education Workforce Council (EWC) can be found on the following website https://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/ or by telephoning, 02920 460099. It is your responsibility to ensure you register and continue to register as part of your terms and conditions of employment.