Residential Children and Young People Support Worker Apprenticeship
Within Reach Services Ltd (Head Office)
28 Westgate StreetGloucester (GL1 2NG)
Closes on Wednesday 29 July 2026
Posted on 26 March 2026
Contents
Summary
Within Reach Services is looking for a new family practitioner Apprentice. You will be studying towards your Children, Young People and Families Practitioner (Level 4) Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£22,477 a year
- Training course
- Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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5 Days per week - (Working 2 weekends out of 4 on a rota basis, includes early mornings, long days, waking nights and sleep-ins). Main service hours are: 7am-3pm 3pm-10pm 10pm-7am. Some of our other services hours are: 8am-8 pm, 8pm-8am.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 6 August 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
Are you passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and committed to making a difference, improving the lives of young people? Then our young people need you.
As a Support Worker, you'll help our residents (aged 8–23) lead fulfilling lives. Our fantastic team is ready to welcome you! This is a fantastic opportunity for a resilient and passionate individual to join our amazing teams.
The role will be to support young people with complex needs who have so much to offer and just need the guidance of nurturing adults that can show them the world isn't such a scary place.
Day-to-day responsibilities:
- To act as a positive role model and team member
- To facilitate effective communication within the staff team
- To participate in planning and delivering quality care and support for service users
- Support day-to-day delivery of care and support to people using services
- Other support worker duties
Where you'll work
28 Westgate StreetGloucester
GL1 2NG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
Training course
Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Communicates in way that enables the voice of the child, young person or family members to be heard
- Encourages individuals to engage positively with their community and relevant agencies and actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Actively promotes respect, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Works together with children, young people and families to keep them safe and manage risk and promoting the development of skills the family need to successfully manage risk themselves
- Works with and supports other professionals to respond to safeguarding concerns
- Identifies the influences on the individual and the family and supports them to make informed choices
- Leads on the development and recording of holistic plans, delivery of interventions and evaluates their effectiveness
- Identifies and addresses barriers to accessing resources
- Identifies and manages evidence-based approaches and evaluates their effectiveness
- Contributes to the development of a resilient, consistent and persistent approach to practice
- Models clarity of purpose, clear expectations and a professional approach to decision making
- Appropriately challenges and/or offers alternative perspectives with the children, young person or family
- Contributes to own professional development
- Applies knowledge of legal, economic and social justice systems and implements policy frameworks in support of positive outcomes for children, young people and families
- Demonstrates critical evaluation of practice and insight into own emotions, behaviour and feelings, and uses these insights to challenge own practice
- Takes an active part in continuous professional development
- Sharing and agreeing goals and outcomes when building relationships with partner organisations, other workers, children, young people and families, to ensure appropriate and timely support
- Assumes the role of professional parent
- Contributes to creating and reviewing placement plans based on individual need
- Is able to support traumatised children and young people to live together and make progress
- Develops and promotes the ethos of the home
- Models collaborative team working and the ability to support and appropriately challenge each other
- Engages effectively with child, young person and/or family members
- Supports children, young people or vulnerable adults to identify and take action to deal with safeguarding risk
Training schedule
Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 10,000 learners annually and working with over 3000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective. Upon completion of this 24 Month Apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Children, Young People and Families Practitioner (Level 4) Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Organisational Skills
- Communication Skills
Other requirements
The closing date guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
Within Reach Services is based in Gloucestershire, we provide care, support and homely accommodation to children and young people with complex needs. Within Reach Services is registered with Ofsted as a children’s care home provider and registered with CQC to deliver personal care. Our priority is quality and we are passionate about supporting young people to feel safe, happy and to reach their potential.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is a possibility of being offered a full-time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000023452.
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Closes on Wednesday 29 July 2026
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