Youth Worker Jobs

Our Area Leads are new roles that will add capacity and strength to our team of Bereavement Practitioner’s, Family support workers and volunteers across a defined geographic area. The roles will work with the Head of Service delivery and lead Sandy Bear activity across their designated area, develop strong links across a variety of networks and forums to ensure our beneficiaries access the right support, at the right time.

These roles are great for those passionate about having the opportunity to support our families directly, whilst also being involved in broader development work to enable strong collaborations and partnerships which empower people to achieve better outcomes.

We can't do it alone, so you will spend time working with other organisations and services in collaboration to ensure we don't duplicate provision, instead focussing on gaps in services supporting bereavement for Children, young people and families.

Posts are offered on a full-time basis, though flexible working patterns and some reduced hours may be considered.

Welsh Speakers are particularly welcome for this position or a willingness to learn.

Job Title: Supervising Social Worker

Salary: £32,822 pa + £750 Home Working Allowance pa + £1,500 per annum Out of Hours Rota Allowance

Hours & Contract: 35 Hours per week - Permanent Role 

Location: Homebased with travel required across Kent including Maidstone, Gravesend and Northfleet

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.

As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults,  as well as our expanding Education and Health services. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.

In 2024 TACT became one of the top 5 charities to work for in the UK, placing 5th in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results , and a top 25 mid-sized company to work with across the whole of the UK.   97% of our people feel proud to work with TACT and think that TACT cares about their wellbeing, while 92% of our people would say they “ love working for TACT”.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Supervising Social Worker to join our growing team, developing new services and support for our carers in Kent. The Supervising Social Worker will use a therapeutic parenting skills, alongside our trauma informed approach to support and advocate for our carers and the young people and children they look after. The Supervising Social Worker will be an essential presence in our recruitment and retention of carers events and must be willing to travel regularly as part of their duties.

If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT,  apply now.  

Overall Duties of the Supervising Social Worker will include:

• Provision of regular support and supervisory visits to Foster Carers using a trauma informed approach
• Ensuring children are visited, listened to and are able to participate in TACT's activities
• Identifying the professional development of foster families and provide therapeutic support where appropriate
• Use therapeutic parenting skills and facilitate support groups as needed
• Ensure regulatory requirements are met and exceeded in line with TACT's policies and procedures
• Adhere to child protection and safeguarding procedures and practice
• Participate in activities to develop and grow TACT's presence in the region

 TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

• 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
• Progression to salary target rate upon completion of 18 months service.
• 45p per mile for business travel.
• Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
• Family friendly policies.
• Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
• Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
• An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme.
• Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.

The Senior Supervising Social Worker will be required to travel throughout Kent as outlined and to London at least once a month and on other occasions for training and team wellbeing events.

A Standard / Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

Closing Date: Midnight on Tuesday 15th April 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 23rd April 2025 (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.

Title: Male Live In Support Worker

Responsible to: Senior Support Worker

Responsible for: Young people living in the accommodation (4 young people aged 16 – 18 years old seeking asylum in the UK).

Location: This is a live-in, residential role based in a supported accommodation home in Loughborough. Some work will be based in our office buildings.

Hours: 25 hours per week on duty – this is a mixture of day, evening and weekend shifts. Two days a week will be off duty.

Leave: Two nights a month can be taken as nights away from the home. This in addition to annual leave allowance. Annual leave - 33 days (converted into hours) pro-rata for number of hours worked

Salary Band: £24,150 - £27,760 per annum.

Benefits in kind: Rent-free accommodation, including Wi-fi, gas, electric and council tax bills.

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: Immediately

About Us: Baca is dedicated to supporting unaccompanied young people, helping them achieve their potential and rebuild their lives for a better future. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Support Worker to join our team and make a real difference in the lives of young asylum seekers and refugees.

Role Overview: As a Support Worker, you will provide advice, assistance, and support to young people in the home. You will be a key member of the Support Team, delivering Baca’s services in line with our Vision and Values. Your role will include attending to the practical and emotional needs of young people, supporting the development of living skills, and helping them manage and look after a home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Welcome newly arrived young people into the accommodation, ensuring they feel safe and able to rest.
• Support young people in developing independent living skills, physical and emotional wellbeing, personal safety, education, and social engagement.
• Act as a positive role model, offering advice, guidance, and assistance.
• Train young people in living skills such as washing, cleaning, cooking, and budgeting.
• Provide emotional support during times of difficulty, anxiety, or stress.
• Encourage young people to maintain a healthy routine, including attending education and social activities.
• Work collaboratively with the Rebuild Team to ensure all young people are safeguarded and supported.
• Maintain good communication with relevant team members and social workers.
• Ensure regular reporting requirements are met, in line with Ofsted regulations.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to achieving young people’s outcomes.

Person Specification:

• Passionate about supporting unaccompanied young people and helping them achieve their potential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate young people.
• Self-motivated, responsible, reliable, and able to manage your own time and workload.
• Supportive, approachable, and willing to set boundaries in line with Baca’s values.
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team and in partnership with external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of safeguarding practices and issues faced by young asylum seekers and refugees.
• Experience in working with young people, particularly in a 1-2-1 and group setting.
• Good ICT skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to drive and access to a vehicle is essential.

Other Requirements:

• The successful applicant will be required to have an enhanced DBS check.
• Adherence to all Baca’s policies and procedures.

How to Apply: If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you. If suitably strong candidates are shortlisted before the deadline, in-person interviews will take place immediately after shortlisting. Join us at Baca and help us support young people to rebuild their lives and achieve their dreams!

Please note: We cannot offer sponsorship for this role as Baca is not on the Home Office list.

We’re recruiting a Youth Development Officer to work as part of a team to deliver The King’s Trust Team Programme in Wigan.

At Groundwork we believe that every young person should have the chance to embrace exciting opportunities. We help 16 to 25-year-olds who are unemployed or struggling to transform their lives. Many of the young people we help are in, or leaving, care. They may be facing issues such as homelessness, suffering with their mental health or have been in trouble with the police.

Our programmes give young people the practical and financial support they need to stabilise their lives. We help them develop key skills while boosting their confidence and motivation to enable them to reach their full potential.

Transform Lives: – Working as part of our team you’ll empower disadvantaged young people, helping them to create some stability in their lives, develop key skills and build their confidence.
Support communities: – You’ll be collaborating with partner agencies and community organisations to make a significant contribution to the local community.

The King’s Trust Team Programme recruits and runs regular 12-week personal development programmes for young people aged 16-25 for the chance to gain new skills, earn a qualification and meet like-minded people. Here at Groundwork we have been delivering The King’s Trust Team Programme in Wigan and Leigh for 25 years and the key aspects of the programme are:

>Taking on group community project, making a positive difference to the local community.
>Taking part in an action-packed residential trip
>Two weeks’ work experience
>Develop your English and Maths skills
>Developing interview and CV skills to ensure confidence is sky-high when participants are ready to take the next step.

This role requires a clear Enhanced DBS check.

How To Apply
For the full job description and person specification and details on how to apply, please visit our website. 

Youth Justice Support Workers - Semi-Independent Home – North London

Salary: £ 35 000 per annum

Permanent position ( from March 2026  candidates may be subject to a TUPE transfer  )

Location: Barnet (N12)

About the Role

St Christopher’s is the supported housing provider for the new London Accommodation Pathfinder – an innovative new London wide service to improve accommodation and outcomes for young people aged between 16 and 17 in contact with the youth justice system at risk of custody (remand or sentence). You and your team will be working closely with local authorities across London and the Pathfinder project team to deliver meaningful programs of activity for young people promoting consequential thinking and diversions from offending by supporting positive outcomes, particularly education, training and employment in addition to life and independent living skills within a trauma informed environment.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong.  We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

St Christopher’s Academy

At St Christopher`s we can provide more than just a care job. We can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.

When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website.

We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions. 

Key aspects of the job will be: 

· To safeguard young people through collaborative working with external agencies and emergency services and compliance with local authority safeguarding procedures.

· To work closely with the local authorities to reduce young people’s offending behaviour and support them to complete their court orders.

· To ensure a trauma informed environment within the home at all times.

Applicants should have:

• Hold a relevant qualification in Social Work, Probation, youth justice or Youth Work etc.
• At least 1 year experience working with young people at risk of custody.
• An understanding of the issues facing young people
• The ability to cope effectively with challenging behaviour
• Good communication and team working skills
• Flexibility to work shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

· Working knowledge and thorough understanding of the barriers and challenges that non-white young people face within the criminal justice system

In return we offer:

• Salary: £ 35 000 per annum.
• Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
• Tailored career development plan through our “St Christopher’s Academy”.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and therapeutic interventions.
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary funded training programmes.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.

Recruitment Process

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.

For more information or assistance during the application process, visit our website. 

Closing date: TBC

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this opportunity might be filled before the stated closing date.

St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.

YOUTH SUPPORT WORKER

LOCATION: St Albans Road, Hemel Hempstead

SALARY: £25,350

HOURS: Full-Time 37.5 pw

About the role

The young people’s semi-independent services are a dedicated team committed to providing supporting and empowering environments for young people aged 16 – 18 years who are under the care of the Local Authority. Our approach is rooted in the principles of psychologically informed environments (PIE), ensuring that our services are tailored to meet the psychological and emotional needs of those we support. We believe in creating safe, welcoming spaces that foster growth, resilience and positive change, whilst adhering to Ofsted regulations.

We are seeking a compassionate and dynamic support worker to join our team. In this role you will provide flexible and responsive support to the young people, adapting to their individual needs and circumstances. Your work will be guided by the principles of PIE, ensuring that all interactions are trauma-informed and empathetic.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide one to one and group support to young people, helping them achieve their personal goals and improve their well-being.
• Build trusting and respectful relationships with young people, understanding their unique backgrounds and challenges.
• Collaborate with colleagues and external agencies to deliver a coordinated and holistic support plan.
• Where required support young people to attend appointments both in house & externally.
• Conduct assessments and develop individualised support plans in partnership with young people.
• Promote a safe, inclusive and PIE across all service settings.
• Ability to work on a 4 week rolling rota, covering a mixture of 7am-3pm & 2pm-10pm shifts, including weekends.
• Facilitate activities and interventions that support personal development, resilience and social inclusion.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records of support provided and progress made.
• Participate in regular training and supervision to enhance skills and knowledge related to PIE.
• Ensure that all practices and services meet Ofsted regulations and standards, maintaining the highest levels of safeguarding and quality support.

Qualifications and experience:

• Qualified to NVQ Level 3 in Children & Young People/equivalent or willing to work towards achieving the qualifications within the work place.
• Experience working with young people, particularly those facing complex challenges such as family breakdown, challenging behaviour, complex mental health issues or substance misuse.
• Understanding and commitments to the principles of psychologically informed environments (PIE).
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt communication to the individual needs of the young person with the ability to engage and motivate.
• Flexibility and adaptability to work across different locations within the community and respond to varying needs.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice.
• Applicant must be car driver with use of car. Please note that business car insurance is mandatory.
• Knowledge of or willingness to understand Ofsted regulations and standards, with experience in ensuring compliance in a youth support setting.

Safer recruitment requirements:

• All applicants must complete a detailed application form, providing a full employment history and explaining any gaps in employments.
• Applicants will be required to provide at least two professional references, including one from their most recent employer, which will be checked before any offer of employment is made.
• A rigorous interview process will be conducted, which could include scenario-based questions to assess suitability for working with young people in a PIE environment & second stage interviews with our ‘Voicebox’ team, which includes current service users from various schemes.
• All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service DBS check prior to starting employment. There is a requirement that all employees register on the Update Service. Full costs will be reimbursed.
• Verification of qualifications and professional memberships will be conducted.
• Proof of identity and right to work in the UK must be provided.
• Successful candidates must complete a probationary period during which their performance and suitability for the role will be closely monitored.

Benefits:

• Competitive mileage allowance
• Supportive and inclusive working environment
• Chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people
• Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service pro rota
• £25,350pa for a 37.5 hour a week contract. Sleep in shifts paid as over-time and not included in the 37.5 hour contract.
• Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
• Annual salary and cost of living review
• Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Opportunity for professional development and training to deliver outstanding support
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
• Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
• Access to the Employee assistance helpline
• Opportunity for overtime

How to Apply

To apply for the position of Youth Support Worker please complete an online application form.

Please see below for a copy of the Youth Support Worker job description.

Hightown is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Successful candidates will need to have a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, together with any other relevant recruitment checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities & Disability Confident Employer.

The Kenelm Youth Trust is seeking a Retreat Centre Director to head up both the Alton Castle and Soli residential centres based in Alton, Staffordshire. You will be required to live on site in order to fulfil role requirements.

The Retreat Centre Director will have overall responsibility for the co-ordination and delivery of the residential programmes, day retreats, outreach work and school missions and will work collaboratively with the senior leadership of the Kenelm Youth Trust.

We are seeking an experienced youth work manager to shape and develop the programmes across the site. The role carries considerable responsibility for the community life and working with schools and groups to design tailor made retreats and programmes.

Competitive salary, Excellent Pension Scheme, Attractive On-Site Accommodation

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10th April 2025. Interviews commencing 14th April 2025

KYT is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment

Registered Charity Number 1144209

Senior Club Manager

We are looking to recruit an experienced Youth Work Leader to join a committed staff team, with solid, hands-on experience in delivering high quality, open access youth work.

This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a growing and ambitious charity where with up to 200 young people attending a session no two days will ever be the same.

If you have experience of delivering high quality, open access youth work and a passion for provide young people with the best possible experiences and opportunities… then we want to hear from you!

Position: Senior Club Manager

Location: Dagenham

Salary: Circa £35K

Hours: Full-time (40 hours a week)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 34 days including bank holidays and a day off on your birthday

Closing Date: 9th April 2025

Interview Date: W/C 14th April 2025

About the Role

As an integral member of the delivery team, you will have lead responsibility for the Senior Club offer to 13-19 year olds (up to 25 for those with additional needs). You will create a high-quality, creative and fun environment, which focuses on the needs of young people and is in line with the Youth Zone’s aspirations to provide young people with the best possible experiences and opportunities.

You will have a passion to put young people first and be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and input towards the strategic delivery plan for the Youth Zone. This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a growing and ambitious charity where with up to 200 young people attending a session no two days will ever be the same.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure there is an exciting range of activities on offer for young people aged 13+, 5 nights a week
• Lead on the development, implementation and review of the of the Senior Club offer
• Lead the delivery team on sessions
• Lead, manage, induct, train, support and develop a team of full and part time youth workers and volunteers and work with the Volunteer Recruitment and Training Manager to support CPD and opportunities for accredited and recorded learning
• Motivate, encourage and support young people to participate fully in sessions
• Manage the Senior Club budget and other resources effectively to maximise the benefits to young people
• Support the Youth Zone promotional and outreach plan working in the community both with partners and directly with young people
• Work with the Youth Zone staff to identify opportunities and funding for additional opportunities and experiences for young people
• Develop effective joint working with schools and other agencies to ensure a holistic approach in service delivery to young people including representing the Youth Zone at meetings with partner agencies
• Take responsibility for the close down and opening up of the Youth Zone as required
• Support across the whole Youth Zone offer as required which takes place every evening, weekend and during school holidays and will occasionally include residential work

About You

As Senior Club Manager, you will have experience of working with young people aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) in a range of settings. An excellent communicator, you will have the skills to deliver activity programmes to a wide range of young people whilst motivating and engaging staff, volunteers and young people through sessional work.

You will also have experience of:

• Working with young people aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) in a range of settings
• Engaging vulnerable, disengaged, or hard to reach young people
• Youth work
• Managing a staff team including volunteers
• Dealing with safeguarding issues within a multi-agency setting
• Organising and delivering a programme of youth work activities in an open access setting
• Leadership, including facilitating/running youth provision and leading a staff team

About the Organisation

Evenings and weekends, 52 weeks a year, this is the place for 8-19-year-olds and up to 25 years old with additional needs in East London to make friends, try new things and start their fantastic future now. This is so much more than a youth club. Within the £6.15million home, you’ll find a dedicated team of youth workers who are committed to helping young people discover their passion and purpose and to supporting them through the challenges young people face today.

The organisation is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with the Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires a enhanced DBS check. The strength of the Youth Zones comes from the diversity of the people within this vibrant network. The Youth Zone teams reflect the communities they serve, and values people working together from a range of different backgrounds locally and nationally, and with different experiences, all with a shared passion for boosting the aspirations of young people across the country. Diversity brings innovation, fresh ideas and creativity, and we actively strive to create a culture that is truly inclusive and fair for all and where everyone in the team can be themselves and thrive.

You may have experience in areas such as Youth Worker, Senior Youth Worker, Club Youth Worker, Youth Club Worker, Youth Club Manager, Manager Youth Work, Children, Youth, Young People, School Holiday Club Manager, School Holiday Club Leader, Youth Case Worker, Activities Coordinator, Activities Leader, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Management. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Youth Justice Waking Night Support Workers - Semi-Independent Home – North London

Salary: £ 35 000 per annum

Permanent position ( from March 2026  candidates may be subject to a TUPE transfer  )

Working hours:40 hours a week including weekends and bank holidays

Location: Barnet (N12)

About the Role

St Christopher’s is the supported housing provider for the new London Accommodation Pathfinder – an innovative new London wide service to improve accommodation and outcomes for young people aged between 16 and 17 in contact with the youth justice system at risk of custody (remand or sentence). You and your team will be working closely with local authorities across London and the Pathfinder project team to deliver meaningful programs of activity for young people promoting consequential thinking and diversions from offending by supporting positive outcomes, particularly education, training and employment in addition to life and independent living skills within a trauma informed environment.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong.  We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

St Christopher’s Academy

At St Christopher`s we can provide more than just a care job. We can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.

When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website.

We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions. 

Key aspects of the job will be: 

· To safeguard young people through collaborative working with external agencies and emergency services and compliance with local authority safeguarding procedures.

· To work closely with the local authorities to reduce young people’s offending behaviour and support them to complete their court orders.

· To ensure a trauma informed environment within the home at all times.

Applicants should have:

• Hold a relevant qualification in Social Work, Probation, youth justice or Youth Work etc.
• At least 1 year experience working with young people at risk of custody.
• An understanding of the issues facing young people
• The ability to cope effectively with challenging behaviour
• Good communication and team working skills
• Flexibility to work shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

· Working knowledge and thorough understanding of the barriers and challenges that non-white young people face within the criminal justice system

In return we offer:

• Salary: £ 35 000 per annum.
• Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
• Tailored career development plan through our “St Christopher’s Academy”.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and therapeutic interventions.
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary funded training programmes.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.

Recruitment Process

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website. 

For more information or assistance during the application process, please visit our website.

Closing date: TBC

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this opportunity might be filled before the stated closing date.

Please note that it is against the law to apply for work with Children/Young People if you are barred from working in Regulated Activity and if your name is added to a Children Barred List.

All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a Self-Declaration and Disclosure form which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.

St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.

We are seeking a committed, organised, and flexible individual who is passionate about supporting systems that help young people improve their sexual health. You will be able to communicate with a variety of agencies and young people, particularly around their use of the online free condom scheme and STI testing. You will support the Hertfordshire sexual health team by assuming overall responsibility for the ordering and monitoring of stock and other resources, by posting free condoms each day to young people via our online service, posting and by accurately maintaining client management systems and electronic databases required for the programme to function. You will also need to be proficient in Microsoft Office and be able to produce accurate records when required.

Location (UK): Office Hybrid* - London 
Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Travel across the UK including England regions, Scotland, NI and Wales monthly. Travel to monthly events including occasional weekend or evenings.

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

About the role

In this role you will be a key member of the UK Young People and Families team. Delivering high quality administration support to enable the delivery of our amazing Young People and Families Service.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Experience providing administrative support to a team of staff and volunteers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Being a key contact for staff, partners, professionals, young people and referrals to our services
• Able to support financial transactions and finance monitoring
• Organising service data and maintaining databases
• Awareness and compliance with safeguarding procedures and GDPR requirements
• Event planning and support
• Supporting the services work in communities and on digital platforms
• Compiling reports and creating new resources for the team
• Working in a positive and proactive way to deliver tasks with a range of stakeholders
• Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• You will have good knowledge of administrative skills, including working knowledge of MS Word and Excel
• You will be well-organised and able to plan and prioritise, working independently and as part of the wider team as needed.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Project Worker

Making a Difference in Foster Care!
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Project Worker to support and sustain the Mockingbird programme across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with fostering services, making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people in care.

Position: Project Worker
Salary: £32,480 - £37,555 (plus London weighting if applicable)
Location: Home-based (North / Midlands) with travel across the UK
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 7th April 2025

Interviews: 15th April 2025, in Leeds

About the Role

As a Project Worker, you will provide essential guidance and support to fostering services, helping them implement and sustain the Mockingbird model. You will work closely with key stakeholders, delivering training, offering ongoing support, and ensuring quality assurance. This role is home-based but requires extensive travel and occasional overnight stays within the UK.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting fostering services – Providing training, guidance, and quality assurance to partners implementing the Mockingbird model.
• Developing strong relationships – Building effective working partnerships with fostering services, foster carers, and stakeholders.
• Ensuring high standards – Contributing to the design and development of quality assurance and training processes.
• Promoting the Mockingbird programme – Raising awareness and increasing its presence across the UK.
• Organising and attending events – Supporting, contributing to, and participating in online and in-person Mockingbird-related events.
• Maintaining effective project administration – Ensuring accurate documentation and adherence to internal policies.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience in project work, training delivery, and stakeholder engagement. You will have:

• Experience in providing coaching, training, or support via phone, video call, email, and in person.
• Strong communication skills – able to engage with foster carers, young people, and professionals at all levels.
• Excellent organisational abilities – capable of prioritising tasks and managing a varied workload.
• A proactive approach – confident working independently while collaborating as part of a team.
• A commitment to social care and fostering – with a broad understanding of policy and practice within children’s social care.
• Flexibility to travel extensively across the UK, including overnight stays.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the Mockingbird model and fostering services.
• Experience working in children’s services, fostering, or related fields.
• An understanding of trauma-informed approaches and the needs of looked-after children.

About the Organisation

You will be working for the UK’s leading fostering charity, to ensure that every child in foster care can thrive. The charity provides training, support, and resources to foster carers, influences policy, and campaigns for positive change.

They are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring all team members feel valued and empowered. If you want to be part of a charity that makes a real difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Other roles you may have experience in could include: Fostering Support Worker, Family Support Worker, Children’s Project Worker, Social Care Worker, Training and Development Officer, Youth Support Worker, Community Engagement Officer, etc.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the process, please let us know.

The charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Community Development Worker

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Community Development Worker to ensure that children, young people and families can access timely Early Help support and activities to improve their wellbeing and quality of life. 

If you are passionate about identifying, supporting, and developing a community offer provided by individuals, groups, organisations, services and places, then apply today!

Position: Community Development Worker (Early Help)

Location: Harborne/hybrid working (this is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community especially within Edgbaston and Northfield but with some city wide work as well)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £26,430 per annum

Contract: 1 x Fixed Term until March 2026

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: 13th April 2025

Interview Date: 25th & 28th April 

The Role

You will work as part of a city wide team of Community Development Workers as well as on a locality basis to ensure that they can combine targeted work with locality needs. This will include a strong element of co production, working with families and community assets to lead on projects and the development of new groups, services, and activities to meet the needs or improve services within the community. 

The role will also focus on increasing children and families engagement with local assets by working with them to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision and encourage innovation and improvements to services.

Duties and key responsibilities include:

• Engaging statutory, community and voluntary organisations in a locality and working with all communities in the city.

• Engaging with a broad range of health, education, early years and social care organisations.

• Working with community providers to enable a ‘live’ understanding of community needs and resource capacity as part of a ‘gap analysis’ of the children and families offer across the locality. 

• Supporting residents to lead on community projects and the development and delivery of new groups, services, or activities to meet needs or improve services in the community.

• Working with the Family Hub to align outcomes and workstreams with Family Hubs Outcomes.

• Increasing children and families’ engagement with local assets by working with groups and organisations to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision, and encourage innovation and improvement to services including local commissioning in line with identified needs. 

• Responding to targeted areas of work on a city-wide basis.

• Alongside the Service Lead, develop and deliver communications and engagement plans.

• Engaging with the citywide Early Help network, coordinated by BVSC, including regular attendance at meetings, as appropriate.

About You

We are looking for an empathetic communicator with excellent engagement and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of people. 

You will have experience of:

• Working in an engagement or community development role with diverse community settings with statutory and third sector organisations

• Working with community/grassroots organisations 

• Information sharing, consent and confidentiality issues and risks.

• Importance of equalities, diversity, and inclusion.

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Development Worker, Social Service, Social Services, Support Worker, Care Worker, Early Help, Social Work, Youth, Youth Worker, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Care, Care and Support, Social Care, Community Support, Community, Children, Young People, Family, Community Project Officer, Community Partnerships Manager, Community Partnerships Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement.  #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our service for the role of a Children and Families Worker to join our dynamic team committed to supporting children and young people who have been affected by someone else’s drug and/or alcohol use.

The role will support children and young people under the age of 18 on a one-to-one basis in a confidential space. The role will deliver a wide range of interventions/ education though activities, such as games, arts and crafts and emotional wellbeing resources. The role will utilise a young person-centred approach, empowering them to explore situations which they feel they have little control over to support them to lead a safe, happy, and healthy life.

We need to record information about what we do, so enjoying a bit of admin work and attention to detail is important, but most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with young people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

Where: Havering

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (dependent on experience, pro rata for part time hours)

Allowance: £2,195.72 Outer London Weighting (paid pro rata)

Contract Type: 12 months fixed term until 31st of March 2026

Interview Date   25/4/2025

Closing Date       21/4/2025

About the role: 

• To holistically support CYP affected by parental substance misuse, using a range of interventions including group work, 1:1 work, whole family interventions, safety planning and safeguarding working closely and proactively with the family unit to support positive and sustainable outcomes.
• Identify families in conjunction with other agencies, who will benefit from a Think Family / Whole family approach, negotiating participation and engagement with the programme of care.
• Identifying and responding effectively to potential safeguarding issues. 
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to young people and the wider community. 
• Working with young people to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, healthy, and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience 
• Working flexibly across sites where required

 About you: 

• Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face 
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework 
• Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field 
• Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance 
• An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency 
• Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports 
• Have excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives 

 What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days” 
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 
• Refer a friend scheme.

If this resonates with you and you're eager to embark on a fulfilling journey with Change Grow Live, we'd be delighted to connect with you.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.