Youth Worker
| Posting date: | 27 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Ealing, West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Community Connex |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Jun_2025 |
Summary
About us:
Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across and beyond West London. We support people with a learning disability, autistic people, people experiencing other disadvantages, and their families to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.
Overview
The Youth Worker plays a vital role in supporting and guiding young individuals with autism and learning disabilities. This position involves working closely with children and adolescents to foster their personal growth and enhance their social skills. The ideal candidate will have a passion for youth development and a commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of young people.
Key Duties
Develop and implement educational activities that promote learning and personal development
Plan and run appropriate activities
Provide structured interventions to support vulnerable young people
Maintain accurate records of interactions with youth and report on their progress as required
Our ideal candidate
Experience working with children or adolescents in a professional or volunteer capacity is preferred
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively engage with young people
Patience, empathy, and the ability to build rapport with diverse groups of young people
Looking for Saturday, half-term and school holidays work
In return we offer a range of benefits including:
Pension contribution up to 5% (if eligible)
Salary sacrifice (if eligible)
Employee wellbeing hub
Bluelight Card
Cycle to work scheme
Working as part of a friendly team
Training and professional development opportunities
We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12.21 per hour
Expected hours: 1 – 35 per week
Benefits:
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Employee mentoring programme
Referral programme
Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across and beyond West London. We support people with a learning disability, autistic people, people experiencing other disadvantages, and their families to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.
Overview
The Youth Worker plays a vital role in supporting and guiding young individuals with autism and learning disabilities. This position involves working closely with children and adolescents to foster their personal growth and enhance their social skills. The ideal candidate will have a passion for youth development and a commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of young people.
Key Duties
Develop and implement educational activities that promote learning and personal development
Plan and run appropriate activities
Provide structured interventions to support vulnerable young people
Maintain accurate records of interactions with youth and report on their progress as required
Our ideal candidate
Experience working with children or adolescents in a professional or volunteer capacity is preferred
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively engage with young people
Patience, empathy, and the ability to build rapport with diverse groups of young people
Looking for Saturday, half-term and school holidays work
In return we offer a range of benefits including:
Pension contribution up to 5% (if eligible)
Salary sacrifice (if eligible)
Employee wellbeing hub
Bluelight Card
Cycle to work scheme
Working as part of a friendly team
Training and professional development opportunities
We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12.21 per hour
Expected hours: 1 – 35 per week
Benefits:
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Employee mentoring programme
Referral programme
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.