Job Title: Youth Mentor
Salary: £26,213 - £28, 435 per annum
Hours per Week: 35 Location: Tolladine Road, Worcester, WR4 9N
Team: Families First, Family Front Door
Permanent
The Role
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to make a real positive difference to the lives of children and young people?
Do you want to join a dynamic, supportive children’s service?
Due to internal promotion Worcestershire Children’s Services are looking for two candidates who will have a relentless focus on positive outcomes for our children and young people. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary service, working innovatively to help and support families. We want individuals who can work both autonomously and collaboratively using a strengths-based approach with families to facilitate enduring positive change.
You will support young people to be happy, healthy, and live safely within their families or trusted networks. As part of the role, you will support families to look at their daily routines and structure in order to create a positive environment their children to thrive in.
You will run individual and group activities, coupled with creating links with local activities and centres, working with local partners who provide activities for young people and engaging with schools, colleges.
In order to support you in delivering high quality interventions with families we will provide you with peer and management support alongside individual/group supervision.
As an employer, Worcestershire Children’s Services have a great range of benefits including flexible/mobile working, continual professional and career development with a supportive working environment where staff respect and value each other. So, what’s next, please complete the application considering the job description and person specification. If you require any further information about this role, please contact Lydia Powell, Team Manager, at LPowell1@worcestershire.gov.uk
Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.
Benefits:
You’ll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage
Some of these offers include:
- Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you'll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don't worry because if you join us without a break, we'll match your holiday up to 31 days. If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
- Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
- Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
- Flexible Working: We are proud to offer hybrid working to provide a better work/life balance where possible.
Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.
Application Closing Date: 18th May 2025
Anticipated Interview Date: To be confirmed (June 2025)
Attached documents
JD and PS WCC - Youth Mentor - 3 - 3 - 2025 .pdf
