Youth Engagement Support Worker Apprenticeship (Level 3)

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

West Yorkshire (WF1 2EB)

Closes in 22 days (Sunday 22 June 2025)

Posted on 27 May 2025


Summary

Wakefield Council is a former winner of the prestigious national award of Large Employer of the Year for Apprenticeships. We offer a great opportunity for apprentices to learn the role of a Youth Worker by supporting the Early Intervention & Prevention Service, undertaking a range of activities with children, young people, and families.

Wage

£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Paid National Minimum Wage - so salary is dependant on age. Receive 26 holiday days plus 8 bank holidays, Access to Local Government Pension scheme, Access to subsidised public transport.

Training course
Youth support worker (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Thursday, 8.30am- 5.00pm and Friday, 8.30am- 4.30pm, although flexible working is sometimes required to cover evening clubs.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

3

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 to access activities and interventions
  • Assisting in the delivery of family and youth hub programmes and activities
  • Encouraging children, young people and families to take part in educational and recreational activities
  • Contribute to the planning of projects and activities for children, young people, and families 
  • Assist with the development, maintenance and growth of the service’s social media platforms 
  • Effectively use and develop social media platforms in a youth environment
  • Support promotional and awareness raising campaigns including creation of marketing materials e.g. newsletters
  • Support the development of an online family and youth hub presence/programmes
  • Seek the views and participation of children, young people, and families to ensure their voices are heard and included
  • Support the team to establish and maintain a range of family and youth programmes
  • Help in dealing with enquiries, on the telephone and face to face

Where you'll work

Wakefield One
Burton Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2EB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

B-SKILL LIMITED

Your 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

Your training plan

  • You will attend a local training provider, usually on day release, to gain a Level 3 qualification in youth work
  • Attend an Apprentice Induction
  • Gain a health & safety qualification
  • Attend enrichment activities to enhance your knowledge e.g.
  • interview techniques, health & wellbeing, finance, disability awareness
  • Have the chance to attend marketing events and also take part in activities during National Apprenticeship Week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • 2 x other subjects (grade 4-9, or A*-C, or Level 2 equiv)
  • English Language (grade 4-9, or A*-C, or Level 2 equiv)
  • Maths (grade 4-9, or A*-C, or Level 2 equiv)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Resilience

Other requirements

You MUST be 18 years old on 1 September 2025 to apply for this apprenticeship.

About this company

Wakefield Council is a local authority who provides many services to the citizens of Wakefield and the surrounding district. We are an ambitious, high achieving and low spending council, delivering value for money through efficiency and innovation. Continuous improvements to our high quality services means we need to employ talented and dedicated individuals to support our existing workforce.

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Company benefits

Access to subsidised leisure membership and many more employee discount benefits.

Disability Confident

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

  • Gain a Level 3 Youth Worker Apprenticeship
  • 2 years work experience in the public sector
  • Personal support to seek employment 4 months from the apprenticeship ending

The Apprenticeship programme has a high retention rate as there are many opportunities to gain employment with the Council.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

B-SKILL LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322856.

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Closes in 22 days (Sunday 22 June 2025)

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