Youth Engagement Worker

Overview

Youth Engagement Worker

Service: Gloucestershire Youth Support Service

Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 per annum

Location: Stroud and Cotswolds Districts

Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time), including evenings and weekends

Contract: Permanent

About Family Action

Family Action is a national charity supporting children, young people and families through high-quality, inclusive services across the UK. Our Gloucestershire Youth Support Service offers centre-based, outreach and detached youth work shaped by young people's voices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an inclusive youth offer across Stroud and the Cotswolds.
• Build positive relationships with young people aged 11-18 (up to 25 for care leavers and young people with SEND).
• Provide engaging group sessions, 1:1 support, and outreach/detached work.
• Contribute to early help and contextual safeguarding, ensuring young people feel heard, supported and empowered.

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work and excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.

Benefits

• Annual paid leave entitlement: 25 days rising to 30 days + bank holidays
• Up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Professional development and ongoing training opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

How to apply

For details on how to apply and the person specification, please refer to the accompanying job description and apply through the digital application form. Applications should be set out against the person specification.