Youth and Community Worker

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Hindley Town Hall

Cross Street

Hindley

Wigan

WN2 3AX

Salary: Grade 7, £15,793 - £17,617 per annum.

18.5 hours per week

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

In the next 12 months, you will:

• Support and facilitate an active engagement and recruitment to a young person’s Scrutiny group which will hold the Community of Practice group & Participation Strategy Group accountable for delivering Wigans Participation Strategy effectively.
• Facilitate and coordinate a Participation of young people’s scrutiny group to hold the Community of Practice & Participation Strategy Group to account.
• Continue to develop Youth Inspectors programme, codesigned with young people and staff
• To support with colleagues the delivery of training in partnership with Youth Focus Lundy model and Youth Inspectors.
• To support existing groups or forums of young people to connect and contribute to the Participation Strategy.
• Working as part of the team developing a response to The Published Youth Offer and the request from the NYA on the return of youth provision sufficiency within Wigan.
• Linking and promoting the Participation Strategy and the published Youth Offer to social media platforms to develop the reach and connectivity of the strategy with young people.
• Linking and promoting the Participation Strategy and the published Youth Offer to social media platforms to develop the reach and connectivity of the strategy with young people.
• This work will be enabling the Participation Strategy to be accessible to young people via the World Wide web and appropriate social media platforms. Some of the work will be looking at content and how it reaches out to the widest youth audience.
• Ensure you operate within GDPR guidelines by regularly reviewing data held and destroying information in line with retention schedules.
• Ensure that the ‘Voice’ of the young person is supported, encouraged, and developed in the co-production, co-delivery, and co-design for services for young people within Youth Justice and in within their local community.

About you:

• NVQ Level 3 in a relevant area of work or equivalent experience i.e. Youth Work, Youth Justice

• Experience of working with young people who offend or indulge in risk taking behaviours
• Experience of both one-to-one support and supervision and group work with young people with challenging behaviour
• Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures, and the local multi agency guidelines on child protection
• Has the ability and desire to listen, understand, empathise and be respectful. To genuinely care, be friendly, smile, have a kind heart and be someone that children, young people and families can trust, and be confident to challenge and be direct, whilst still being approachable
• A basic understanding of the Youth Justice system and the principles and practices associated with restorative justice

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Reach adolescence safeguarding Service is a dynamic and creative service that works with young people, families, victims, and communities who are affected by crime, ASB and other risk factors. Progress with Unity missions and Young People is integral to all we do. We take an asset based and restorative approach. We use the voice of young people to help young people make a difference to the borough and raise aspiration.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits

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For further information please contact Paula Richmond p.richmond@wigan.gov.uk 07901715747

Interview date: Friday 8th August 2025

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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