Youth Worker - In training, Basildon

Youth Worker - In training

Permanent, Full Time

£24,786- £25,115 pa + £924 per annum Fringe Allowance

Location:

Basildon

Closing Date: 30th December 2025

About Us:

Are you looking for a new opportunity to combine paid work with study and achieve a recognised JNC Youth Support Worker qualification? Do you have a passion to help and support young people? This could be the opportunity you are looking for!

We are currently seeking a Youth Worker in Training to support the development of youth work in the community, whilst working towards a JNC recognised Level 3 qualification in Youth Work. Your base will be Basildon Youth Centre and you will work with local youth work teams including volunteers in community youth clubs, areas covered to include Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point and Rochford.

Mobile and flexible working requirements:
You must be available for evening and weekend work.

Benefits:

• Healthy work life balance.
• Wide range of learning and development opportunities.
• IT equipment and home-working equipment supplied.
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays + choice to buy extra.
• Generous Local Government Salary related pension scheme.
• Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards.
• Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with Life Works.
• Up to 4 days per year Volunteering leave.
• Disability Confident Leader: we are committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
• Study towards a Youth Support Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship.

What our apprentices say:

"It feels amazing when you meet young people who you have previously worked with. You get to see how they've progressed and see how their confidence has grown and know that you were part of helping them do that."

"The team I work with are very supportive and everybody is happy to help and answer questions. They will rally together to give you the correct information, whether it be for an assignment for my apprenticeship or something on the job"

The Role:

You will be working face to face with young people as part of a team, you will ensure young people have positive experiences, by working with them to identify what's important to them and then being part of developing good youth work activities. You will work with local youth work teams including volunteers in community youth clubs across the south Essex area.

You will need to be someone who can focus on putting young people at the heart of your work. Working flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and residentials, you will be supported by an experienced team of youth workers in a variety of youth work settings.

As part of your Apprenticeship, you will have 6 hours per week allocated for learning and development.

About You:

You will:

• Be passionate about supporting young people.
• Experience of working with young people and communities is an advantage.
• Have the ability to work across Essex as per service needs.
• Have the ability to undertake evening, weekend and residential work as required to meet service needs.
• Be able to build relationships and relate well to people.
• Motivate young people and facilitate young people's learning.
• Be able to work in a changing environment.
• Be committed to challenging prejudice and ignorance.
• Have the ability to develop work with young people to achieve planned outcomes.
• Work together as part of a team.

Essential Requirements for the role:

• Functional Skills Level 1 in Maths and English (or equivalent), which is a Grade D/E or 2/3 to begin the apprenticeship.
• Ability to reach a Level 2 Functional Skills in both Maths & English by the End Point Assessment (EPA), if you do not already have this.
• This job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

What will you be doing?

• Identify areas of need and opportunity within the community where a youth work programme can be identified to support the development of youth provision delivered by the community.
• Negotiate with young people and their…