About Us & The Role

Warwickshire Targeted Youth Supports sits within the Early Help part of Children’s Services. We are a team of dedicated youth workers who work with young people aged 11 to 18 years. We work with young people in a variety of settings – in school, on the streets, at home or at a centre. Our service has been given an amazing opportunity over the next 18 months to really address and prevent some of the issues emerging for young people in Warwickshire. Are you the person to help us do this?

We have vacancies for two full time JNC qualified youth workers. The posts will support capacity building within the voluntary and community sector of Warwickshire to develop sustainable youth club provision in areas identified as high need. This will include making links with the local community to sustain and resource ongoing youth work provision; to support in recruitment of part time youth work staff; to make links with and deliver youth work in the local secondary schools and provide support with relevant polices, management committee, infrastructure, and initial staffing.  

The posts are funded for 18 months and will involve at least 2 nights of youth work. The hours will be varied.

Interested in these posts? It is essential that you are JNC qualified and will have a good history of delivering exciting youth work with young people. You are creative and resilient, and you will go the extra mile to make a difference for young people. You are good at making links with other professionals and agencies to benefit the young people you work with. You work well with others but are also good a delivering on your own and managing a busy workload. You are skilled at managing challenging behaviour and can see the potential in all young people.  Mainly you will be really enthusiastic and want the best for young people in Warwickshire.

For further details please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For a conversation about these posts contact the TYS Senior Youth Worker: Helen Jones 07557 565836

Closing Date: 16th August 2021

Interview Date: week commencing 23rd August 2021

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button. Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots. You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application. 

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from global ethnic majorities (GEM), individuals with disabilities and men, who are currently under-represented within WCC within this service area. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.