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Youth Support Worker

Job details
Posting date: 26 August 2025
Salary: £27,573 to £36,389 per year
Additional salary information: £27,573 - £36,389 FTE (£16,395 - £21,637 pro rata)
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 07 September 2025
Location: Harlow, Essex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Barnardo's
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: 21601

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Summary

Are you passionate about working with children and young people?

Are you enthusiastic about developing excellent and inclusive services with young people to enhance their, wellbeing, happiness and opportunities?

Our new Partnership with the Co-op is an exciting innovative project where we aim to support over 750k young people, aged 10-25 years across 2 years.

To deliver this, we are recruiting for a team of Youth Support Workers with both full-time and part-time opportunities available across 20 locations.

Location of this post: Harlow

Sessions are currently delivered on Tuesday day time and Wednesday 3-7pm.

Our Barnardo's Co-op Partnership goals are:

Improve mental wellbeing
Improve access to basic needs (food)
Improve access to opportunities
We are looking for applicants who are:

Confident and creative in engaging and working alongside young people aged between 10-25 years.
Skilled in designing and delivering groupwork sessions for young people.
Able to provide emotional and practical support to young people, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures.
Flexible to work evenings and weekends where required to meet the needs of the service
Able to work in partnership with Co-op, Children's Services and the community, whilst keeping young people at the centre.


In return for your commitment, you will be supported with meaningful and supportive 1:1's, ongoing personal development and opportunities to make positive change in young people's lives.



Our Co-op partnership Youth Advisory Group have made this film to support in recruiting the right staff for our in Community Services across the UK (link can be accessed via our website).


When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document.

Fixed term until 31.03.27
22 hours per week

For more information on our exciting partnership with the Co-op, please see our additional information sheet via the link on our website.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Robyn Dunn on robyn.dunn@barnardos.org.uk – South East and London Region Children's Service Manager

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