Apprentice youth worker Level 3
Warwickshire County Council
Warwick (CV34 4RL)
Closes in 8 days (Monday 27 October 2025)
Posted on 13 October 2025
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Summary
A fantastic opportunity is here for you if you are interested in a career in youth work. Are you passionate about making a difference for young people – especially those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Do you want to be part of a team that empowers young voices and drives real change in local services?
- Wage
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£19,306.07 a year
- Training course
- Youth support worker (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
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
In this role you will:
- Improve and further develop opportunities for the voice of young people to be heard at the most senior levels (i.e. attend Senior Leadership Team meetings, Corporate Parenting Panel meetings,
Overview and Scrutiny Meetings, SEND & Inclusion Partnership) - Support and link in with established groups (i.e. attend IMPACT meetings and other groups). Ensure that information and ideas from these groups are communicated to the right people at
the right time, in the right way - Mentor and peer support other young people – provide a positive role model for young people
- Help and work with others (young people, foster carers, councillors, professionals and partner agencies) to improve services for young people
- Help young people to hold managers and decision makers to account
- Help interview potential new members of staff as and when required
- Design and, with other young people, deliver training courses to Warwickshire staff or multiagency partners
- Gather information on the experiences of young people with SEND
- Undertake such duties, appropriate to the post, which may be assigned from time to time
Where you'll work
Shire Hall
Warwick
CV34 4RL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
B-SKILL LIMITED
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
Upon completion of this apprenticeship you will receive a level 3 Youth worker support qualification via the training you will receive from both Warwickshire County Council and your training provider B Skills, who will arrange regular training and assessment days with you in the workplace, as well as supporting you to create a portfolio of evidence throughout the apprenticeship.
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- IT Skills
Other requirements
A DBS check will be required before being able to undertake this position.
About this employer
Warwickshire County Council is the local government authority for the county of Warwickshire, providing public services such as Social Care, Education, County Highways, Rural Services, Public Health, Fire and Rescue, plus much more. Since 2012 the Council has delivered a top class apprenticeship scheme, recruiting more than 380 apprentices, most of whom have been retained in further roles at the Council.
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ (opens in new tab)
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
Once you complete this apprenticeship, you will receive substantial support to be retained by the council within a further relevent role, e.g. as a Youth Support Worker, or to secure further employment with a partner organisation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Warwickshire County Council
Laura Forrest or Sam Craven
lauraforrest@warwickshire.gov.uk
07425 808070
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346137.
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Closes in 8 days (Monday 27 October 2025)
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