Youth Support Worker Apprentice at Salford Youth Zone

Summary

Empower Youth Zones is dedicated to providing opportunities and experiences to all local young people in Manchester and Salford. Our new state of the art centre in Salford are looking for the next generation of youth workers to join our team and help to build young futures today.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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After 12 months on programme the apprentice will be paid the Real Living Wage

Training course

Youth support worker (level 3)

Hours

Work pattern will vary, to include some evenings and weekend as designated by the Head of Youth work.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 28 April 2025

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

4

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Assist in delivering a variety of ‘Rec area’ activity sessions, including sports, arts, and recreational activities.
Build positive relationships with young people, acting as a role model and providing guidance and support.
Ensure that sessions are inclusive, engaging, and meet the needs of young people from diverse backgrounds.
Promote a positive, safe, and welcoming environment within the Youth Zone.
Support young people in developing life skills, confidence, and positive behaviors.
Assist in the safe setup and supervision of climbing wall sessions.
Support young people in using the climbing wall, providing guidance on safety techniques and climbing skills.
Assist in the supervision of the Youth Zone’s gym ensuring safe use of equipment by young people through assessing pre work out questionnaires and conducting user inductions
Provide basic fitness guidance and support young people in achieving their fitness goals.
Help with setting up and packing away equipment for sessions
Supporting the work of our Reception and catering teams as & when required.
Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed, including conducting risk assessments.
Assist with behaviour management and safeguarding during sessions.
Work with the wider team to plan and evaluate sessions, contributing ideas to improve youth engagement.
Attend staff meetings, training sessions, and development opportunities as required.

Where you’ll work

Salford Youth Zone
51 Belvedere Road
Salford
M6 5EJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BOLTON COLLEGE

Your training course

Youth support worker (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
Facilitate the learning and development of young people
Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
Manage budgets and resources
Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people
Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
Facilitate the learning and development of young people
Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
Manage budgets and resources
Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people

Your training plan

We are dedicated to training our Youth Workers to the highest level.

We will support our new apprentices to work towards achieving the industry recognised Level 3 Youth Support Worker Apprenticeship. On competition they will receive a Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work and may have the opportunity to progress to a higher-level (degree) apprenticeship

The apprentice will work on average 4 days per week at the Youth Zone (M6 5EJ) and attend Bolton College (BL3 5BG) 1 day per week.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Enthusiastic

Other requirements

Applications should include GCSE qualifications achieved or predicted for English and maths. Applicants must be able to travel to the workplace at Salford Youth Zone (M6 5EJ) daily and to attend Bolton College (BL3 5BG) 1 day (6 hours) per week. The scheduled hours and working day will change dependent on the needs of the Youth Zone. This can include shift work. The apprentice’s working week can include evening and weekend work or occasionally at another site.

About this company

Empower Youth Zones. Hide Out Youth Zone & Salford Youth Zone will open 7 days a week, offering over 20 activities every night for just 50p per visit, providing thousands of young people somewhere safe to go, something positive to do and someone trusted to talk to. We are a dedicated to providing opportunities and experiences to all local young people. The strength of a Youth Zone is the diversity of its people, we place huge value on different people doing things in different ways and we particularly encourage applications from people groups who are currently under-represented. If you have the energy, drive and enthusiasm to be part of this exciting work coupled with the skills that our roles require, please apply TODAY.

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After this apprenticeship

The learner on completion may be able to progress to fulltime paid employment or a higher-level apprenticeship with Empower Youth Zones.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BOLTON COLLEGE

Gary Mangan

gary.mangan@boltoncc.ac.uk

07891807841

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309567.

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