Youth Mentor Apprenticeship
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Bilston (WV14 9DS)
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)
Posted on 11 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Dudley Council is looking for five passionate, grounded, and inspiring Youth Mentors who can make a real difference in the lives of young people across the borough. The role centres on building trusting relationships and offering guidance through life’s challenges, and helping young people develop.
- Wage
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£28,598 a year
- Training course
- Youth support worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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5
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Support young people and their families
- Work face-to-face on an individual and group basis with young people and their families
- Source and locate relevant local activities and activity centres for delivery of service
- Work with and engage with schools, colleges and educational settings in the support of relevant activities
- Work with young people in a variety of settings
- Understand the range of issues and concerns facing young people
- Deliver positive activities to young people
- Plan and deliver a range of programmes of positive activities
- Monitor outputs and outcomes against targets
- Support young people to be happy, healthy and safe
- Case holding and support work
- Be aware of risk and vulnerable situations when working with young people and families
- Work effectively with partner agencies to deliver a quality service, focussed on achieving positive change for individuals
- Work with local partners who provide activities for young people
- Contribute to the continuing development of youth work in the borough
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of self and service users
- To attend meetings and present information confidently and to receive advice and support from other professionals
- To attend and be actively involved in team meetings and supervision
- To respond in a timely manner to families and professionals
- Empower young people and their families to engage in activities
- To gain and represent the voice of young and their families and to seek to feedback on or from the intervention
- To be aware of the different strands of diversity when working with young people and families
- Be committed to safeguarding children and young people from CSE, abuse, extremism and domestic abuse
Where you'll work
Bayer Street
Bilston
WV14 9DS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MOMENTUM TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD
Training course
Youth support worker (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
- Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
- Facilitate the learning and development of young people
- Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
- Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
- Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
- Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
- Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
- Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
- Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
- Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
- Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
- Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
- Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
- Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
- Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
- Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
- Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
- Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
- Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
- Manage budgets and resources
- Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
- Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people
- Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
- Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
- Facilitate the learning and development of young people
- Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
- Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
- Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
- Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
- Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
- Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
- Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
- Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
- Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
- Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
- Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
- Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
- Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
- Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
- Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
- Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
- Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
- Manage budgets and resources
- Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
- Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve. At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities. We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves. In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that: • is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark • is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services • has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people • wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums • dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents • is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan, Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Career in Youth Work.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MOMENTUM TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014545.
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Closes in 24 days (Sunday 8 March 2026)
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