Youth Life Skills Worker - Fixed Term
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,954 to £29,791 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bridgend, CF31 4WB |
| Company: | Bridgend County Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 17597_CBC |
Summary
Youth Life Skills Worker - Fixed Term
Job description
37 hours per week
Fixed Term up to 31 March 2026
An exciting opportunity has been created within our Youth Support Service. Our Youth Life Skills Workers will deliver a range of support to young people, from emotional resilience through to homelessness across the borough of Bridgend.
The team will look to provide services that increase the resilience and emotional wellbeing of those we work with. The role will assist young people to become as independent as possible and for them to strengthen opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering.
Successful applicants will support our program of meaningful activity by running individual, or group sessions, and activities within school and community settings to support young people’s development and social engagement.
The post holder will need to be an enthusiastic individual with the commitment and drive to form good working relationships with young people, helping them to achieve their full potential.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Childrens Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Weekend Working is a requirement of this post.
Closing Date: 25 June 2025
Shortlisting Date: 30 June 2025
Interview Date: 10 July 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
Job description
37 hours per week
Fixed Term up to 31 March 2026
An exciting opportunity has been created within our Youth Support Service. Our Youth Life Skills Workers will deliver a range of support to young people, from emotional resilience through to homelessness across the borough of Bridgend.
The team will look to provide services that increase the resilience and emotional wellbeing of those we work with. The role will assist young people to become as independent as possible and for them to strengthen opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering.
Successful applicants will support our program of meaningful activity by running individual, or group sessions, and activities within school and community settings to support young people’s development and social engagement.
The post holder will need to be an enthusiastic individual with the commitment and drive to form good working relationships with young people, helping them to achieve their full potential.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Childrens Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Weekend Working is a requirement of this post.
Closing Date: 25 June 2025
Shortlisting Date: 30 June 2025
Interview Date: 10 July 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
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