Youth Worker - Resilience

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location:  County Hall LE3 8RA

Salary:  Grade 9 – £32,070 - £34,359 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:  37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 01/10/2025

Interview Date: 16/10/2025

The Inclusion Service are looking for a Youth Worker to join the team. Supported by your Manager and an Education Officer, you will be working face to face and virtually with young people who are facing challenges accessing education.

About The Role

The Inclusion Service works with children, young people and their families to support them to achieve the best outcomes possible.  This role within the Service is aimed at supporting young people where there are vulnerabilities due to emotional wellbeing that prevents the young person from engaging in education. The principal aim is to support the young person to build resilience against the barriers to education through planned interventions and innovative delivery styles.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

We are looking for someone who has:

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families in either case or group work situations.
• Experience of working with children with Social, Emotional, Mental Health Needs.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency setting.
• Experience of engaging with young people who are vulnerable or from a hard-to-reach group. 
• The use of innovative and interactive techniques to engage young people, parents, staff and partners, in particular those children, young people and families that are hard to reach.   
• Experience of developing and delivering training and group work.
• Possession of a valid driving licence, access to a vehicle, and relevant insurances. However, a reasonable adjustment will be considered for an applicant with a disability. 

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. 

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Emma Wiltshire – Team Manager

0116 305 5987

Emma.Wiltshire@Leics.Gov.Uk

How To Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support 

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

• Our Recruitment Process
• Our Organisational Values
• Our Employee Benefits
• Working for Us