- Employer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: £33,946 - £36,447 (pro rata)
- Location: Wirral
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Part Time/Term Time
- Hours: 17.5 hours per week.
- DBS Check: Enhanced
- Closing Date: 10/08/2025 at 23:59
- Reference: CF&E/25/318877
There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.
We are looking for a talented, creative, and confident Youth Worker to join our experienced team, delivering a unique service to young people aged 11-19 across Wirral.
This part-time, term-time only role (17.5 hours per week) starts on 1st September 2025 and focuses on education, prevention, and building resilience in key areas: Relationships, Sexual Health, Substance Misuse, Emotional Health and Well-being, and Healthy Lifestyles.
About the Role:
As an HSIS Youth Worker, you’ll provide early intervention and prevention support to young people in Wirral Secondary Schools, including those who are vulnerable or at risk. You’ll design and deliver interventions, develop educational resources, and ensure our Core Offer is accessible to all. You’ll work collaboratively with the Team Leader, engage with multi-agency partners, and empower young people to make safe, healthy decisions.
About the Candidate:
We’re seeking a reliable, creative, and confident individuals with experience in lone working, excellent teamwork skills, and a passion for supporting young people. You’ll have experience of regular face-to-face youth work with young people aged 11-19 in youth projects and school settings. You will be a reflective practitioner with strong communication skills, especially with harder-to-reach youth. You will have a clear understanding of safeguarding policies and equal opportunities in youth work with knowledge of national and local youth work initiatives and methodologies.
If you would like to know more about this role, please contact: patricrogers@wirral.gov.uk
*please note - salary advertised is based on 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year so will be pro-rated to reflect part time/term time hours*
This post requires a DBS check. The Safer Recruitment & Employment Policy and the Disclosures for Recruitment Procedure can be found at : https://www.wirral.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/job-vacancies/safer-recruitment-and-employment
If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk
If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.
Working at Wirral
You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.
We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.
We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.
We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.
We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk
Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.
It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.
Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.
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We do not accept applications or CV’s from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.