VACANCY: Sessional Youth Worker (part-time, sessional)

Are you looking for a role where you can work directly with young people, making a difference to their lives each day?

Our Youth Support Workers are at the heart of delivering our youth clubs and activity sessions, which help provide social and development opportunities for young people in the Podsmead area of Gloucester.

This role will help deliver youth work sessions on evenings and some weekends from Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub, with occasional day trips and off-site activities across Podsmead and the city. Working as part of the youth work team, with operational leadership from the Leader in Charge, you will run and design sessions as part of a team (including input from young people).

Through the sessions, you will build appropriate relationships with young people to offer guidance and support. You will help ensure all sessions are delivered to a high standard, and in line with best safeguarding practice, so that young people can enjoy themselves in a safe environment that supports them to thrive and grow.

About us

At Blackbridge CCBS, it’s our mission to enable Podsmead to flourish by bringing communities together, supporting health and wellbeing and creating opportunities for skills development and local enterprise, which we do by working with residents to develop our services through a community-centred approach to our work.

This starts with our young people, by involving them in the design and delivery of our activities and sessions, so that they have safe opportunities for them to socialise and develop.

We support each other as a team to deliver the best we can for the young people we work with. That’s why we are passionate about empowering individuals by providing them with the resources and support they need to thrive.

As a Youth Support Worker, you will be given time and support for training from your first day, and throughout your time with us. As you learn and develop in the role, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to, design, and eventually lead on our youth work delivery.

About you

If you’re motivated and excited by the opportunity to support and work with young people, are over 18 years old and have the right to work in the UK, this could be the role for you.

A Level 2 youth work qualification is useful, but not essential. We will provide you with all the training you need.

Practical details

• Contract type: Part-time, sessional 
• Location: Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub, with occasional off‑site day trips and activities.
• Hours: Minimum of 6 hours per week across two 3–hour youth work sessions.
• Salary and benefits:
  • £13.45 per hour (Real Living Wage – rising each year in line with Living Wage Foundation level).
  • Pension scheme: 6% employer contribution with a minimum 2% staff contribution.
  • Salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Lump sum and pension death benefits.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
    

Safeguarding

Because this role involves direct work with young people, we use a series of safer recruitment procedures, including an Enhanced DBS check and appropriate safeguarding vetting. We will share more about this process should you be invited to interview.

How to apply

You can download or view the full job decription below.

To apply, please complete and return the Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and send it to us at youth@blackbridge.org.uk.  CV’s will not be accepted. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please email Debbie Etheridge using the same email address.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: THURSDAY 30TH APRIL

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