Participation Apprentice

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Bootle (L20 3NJ)

Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025)

Posted on 21 November 2025

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Summary

The Participation Team are looking to recruit an apprentice who is committed and motivated to support the engagement of cared for and care experienced children and young people enabling, them to have a role in shaping the services they receive.

• Wage:

  £23,615 a year

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  Age 16-17 £14,604 (£7.78 per hour) -Age 18-20 £19,335 (£10.30 per hour) -Age 21+ £23,615 (£12.58 per hour)

• Training course: Youth support worker (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm (7.20 hours per day on a flexitime basis) and will be required to work some evenings and occasional weekends.

  36 hours a week

• Start date:

  Friday 30 January 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 9 months

• Positions available:

  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

Main Duties

• To support the Participation team (Participation Lead and Participation Officers) in developing opportunities for children and young people to have their voice heard including surveys, forums and consultation events, ensuring children and young people have a variety of ways to be involved.
• Support with the marketing and promotion of the Participation Service ensuring young people have access to up-to-date information via different communication method such as newsletters, social media and online platforms.
• Support the delivery of a programme of participation events and activities for children and young people to promote engagement including Summer Activity sessions, Care Leavers Week and Christmas Celebrations:
• Promote and develop the participation of children and young people who wish to become involved with or are currently involved in participation activities.   
• Maintain regular contact with children and young people, encouraging and valuing their contributions and keeping them informed of developments and outcomes of their involvement.
• Support the Cared For and Care Experienced Councils, including the recruitment, of new members, facilitating meetings and organising opportunities for young people to meet with other cared for and care experienced children and young people.
• Support young people to meet regularly with managers and senior leaders to have their views heard by decision makers.
• Work with Carers, Children's Social Care Staff and other professionals to encourage active participation by all children and young people, ensuring sessions are inclusive and those that are heard to reach (e.g. those living out of borough, children with complex needs or for whom English is a second language) are given the opportunity to participate.
• Support the involvement of young people in participation programmes such as Co-Inspectors, Youth interview panels and delivering training to professionals.
• Be responsible for maintaining accurate information relating to the participation service.
• To report safeguarding issues to the Participation Lead.
• Attend regular supervision sessions.
• Make use of all available learning and development opportunities.
• To undertake any other duties as directed to meet the needs of the service.

 

 

Where you'll work

Magdalen House
30 Trinity Road
Bootle
L20 3NJ

Training

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

Training provider

SKILLS OFFICE NETWORK 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

• Level 3 Youth Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard
• The training will be delivered at the workplace

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade Grade C - above or equivalent)
• Mathematics (grade Grade C - above or equivalent)

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
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience

Other requirements

This post requires the Apprentice to work some evenings and occasional weekends.

About this employer

Sefton Council is a local authority within the Liverpool City Region. Sefton is a diverse and exciting borough and is a great place to live and work. As an employer we can offer a diverse range of job roles across a variety of settings. We offer attractive conditions of service which allow for a good work life balance and invest in our staff through our learning and development programme. Inclusive Recruitment - We are proud to be an organisation which embraces diversity and difference. We employ colleagues who each bring their own unique skills to deliver an excellent service to our customers. We always recruit the most talented people for any role, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation. We aim to be reflective of the communities that we operate in. We promote diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Visit Inclusive Recruitment (sefton.gov.uk) for further information regarding the Council’s approach to Inclusive Recruitment. Equal Opportunities Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

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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

• Apprentice will receive on-programme support from an Apprenticeship Officer and Careers, information, advice and guidance support during the last 2 months of their Apprenticeship contract
• Job-seeking support is also included

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SKILLS OFFICE NETWORK LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001336.

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Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025)

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