Youth Support Worker - Level 2
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75709319 |
Summary
About the role
- Bury Youth Service provides both universal and targeted support to young peoples including those facing barriers to achievement and wellbeing. Services are delivered in a variety of settings and the nature of work driven by the needs of young people, ensuring that they have a voice in shaping the activities and services available to them.
- Three 0.5FTE roles are advertised, with one of these having a focus on sport - identifying and delivering physical activity based sessions to help young people reach their potential.
- Team dynamics (including reporting manager and any line management responsibility)
- Location - Elizabethan Suite and across Bury
- Must have JNC recognised or Youth Work NVQ3 equivalent, or degree level qualification in related field, alongside experience of planning and delivery of work with young people across a range of settings.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based (pro rate for 0.5FTE) around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Emma Russell e.russell@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held from 21st July
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