Level 6 Youth Worker Apprenticeship

Summary

Ready to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for a passionate and talented individual to join our Youth Service Team. If you’re driven, innovative, and eager to make an impact, we want to hear from you!

Annual wage

£24,799 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Salary will be between £24,799 to £27,434 per annum depending on experience

Training course

Youth worker (level 6)

Hours

This is a permanent, full-time role within Essex Youth Services which will require some evening and weekend work.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As a District Youth and Community Worker, you will take ownership and accountability for defined areas of the work programme but will also work flexibly across internal and external teams to support delivery of youth provision in other areas. You will plan and deliver commissioned youth activities and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners and help others to achieve. You will develop new approaches, based on sound evidence and creative thinking, with a strong focus on improving outcomes for young people and their communities; you will be both proactive and responsive, combining energy and enthusiasm with the tenacity and drive to see things through.

The District Youth and Community Worker will work with young people and their communities to:

Work closely with the Senior Youth and Community Worker to help young people and the community to develop the skills and capacity to design and deliver youth provision in their community.
Have supervisory responsibility for the Youth and Community Workers within a hub area.
Make contact and establish relationships with young people and their communities.
Ensure the ‘voice’ of young people is heard in the design and delivery of effective youth work provision.
Encourage and enable young people to participate in a range of educational and personally challenging activities.
Ensure access to information and personal support, which enables young people to develop the confidence and skills to become creative, active and critical participants in the wider community.
Manage the organisation to a high-performing, customer-centric culture through exemplar behaviour in accordance with ECC’s Values and Core Leadership Behaviours.
Manage employees in working flexibly and collaboratively across structural boundaries as part of project or process teams in support of key outcomes.
Manage the development of organisational capability through good people management, including the training, development, mentoring and coaching of team members.
Thinking creatively, challenging the norms, and constructively challenging those around them to ensure continuous improvement, commercial astuteness, and inspire the same in employees.
Ensure the proper assessment, management and mitigation of risk, including Health and Safety and Business Continuity.

Where you’ll work

Chelmsford Youth Centre

CM2 0LG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON

Your training course

Youth worker (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Evaluate and utilise a range of styles of communication suited to the audience, e.g. verbal, non-verbal, written and electronic methods.

Maintain professional boundaries in relationships with young people and colleagues.

Select and use suitable youth work models for the needs of young people they are engaging with.

Work in partnership with young people to develop suitable services.

Utilise appropriate methods and tools for planning, monitoring and evaluating youth work.

Complete, store and retain accurate administrative and financial records.

Carry out regular supervision, staff development and appraisals (where appropriate) with colleagues.

Apply different leadership styles appropriate to the needs of colleagues.

Utilise a range of sources of information to inform service development.

Identify and work with appropriate partners to add value to work with young people, e.g., Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), schools, local councillors.

Advocate for young people and youth work in policy and service development.

Select and use appropriate methods and tools when planning youth work programmes and activities.

Identify and apply differentiated methods and styles when engaging with groups to meet the needs of young people, promoting learning and development

Facilitate youth work programmes that support the learning and development of young people in line with the youth work curriculum.

Evaluate, demonstrate and report on the impact of youth work.

Provide a safe environment for young people to explore and challenge values, beliefs, ideas and issues.

Create and evaluate effectiveness of inclusive and participatory learning environments.

Support young people to plan, organise and deliver youth-led activities and programmes.

Select and apply appropriate participation models to overcome barriers to participation

Support young people to make their voice heard to influence change on issues affecting them.

Identify and challenge oppressive attitudes, behaviours and situations.

Conduct and use information from situational needs analysis to develop projects.

Produce reports, evaluations and summary data in a format appropriate for the intended audience, e.g. commissioners, funders or other stakeholders.

Use outcomes of evaluation of service delivery to inform, develop and enhance practice and projects.

Monitor own practice and use supervision to identify areas for continuing professional development and improvement.

Apply appropriate supervision models to support the development of colleagues.

Ensure professional ethical standards are developed, promoted and maintained across the youth work environment.

Demonstrate and promote a person-centred approach to youth work.

Implement, identify and report safeguarding referrals, drawing on safeguarding information, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures, to take action when a young person discloses information.

Carry out risk assessments, plan activities, visits, and manage situations to mitigate risks to ensure the safety of all young people, depending on the setting and the environment they are working in.

Your training plan

The successful candidate must be willing to undertake a JNC level 6 qualification supported by Essex Youth Service which will commence in September 2025.

More training information

The successful candidate must hold a minimum of a JNC Level 3 qualification or be working towards achieving this within Youth Work.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade C/4 and above)
Youth Work (grade Level 3)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

The job requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area therefore a driver’s license and access to a vehicle will be required.

About this company

At Essex County Council, we look after a large, diverse, complex region of the country. But our approach to creating a place where individuals, families and communities can thrive and prosper is simple.

http://www.workingforessex.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Healthy work life balance. Wide range of learning and development opportunities. 30 days annual leave Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards. Access to our health and wellbeing support .

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Senior Youth & Community Worker
Youth Service Lead

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Essex County Council

Entry To Work

work.placements@essex.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282130.

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Closes in 11 days (Monday 28 October)

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