Job title and organisation: Sessional Youth Worker - Barca Leeds
Salary: Barca Pay scale 1: £12.98 - £13.19 per hour / or 2: £13.19 - £14.45 per hour depending on qualifications
Hours: Up to 7 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term (with possible extension)
Location: Leeds
Closing Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Salary:
Barca Pay scale 1- £12.98 - £13.19 per hour - no JNC youth work qualification
Barca Pay scale 2 - £13.19 - £14.45 per hour - JNC Qualified Youth Worker
What will the role look like?
Working with young people aged 8-19 years providing a range of interventions such as group work, detached and individual support to promote engagement and participation of young people.
The post holder needs to be available on evenings between 3.30pm - 8:30pm to support with current youth work timetable.
The role will involve planning and delivering groups, activities and tailored packages of support. The role will require specific skills around organisation, creativity, managing challenging behaviour and building positive relationships with young people.
What we are looking for?
We require applicants to hold a minimum of a Level 3 in Youth Work and have over 12 months of Youth Work experience. An experienced youth worker who will be working with young people aged 8-19 years across a variety of settings in West and East Leeds. The role will involve delivering a range of youth work interventions such as group work, detached and outreach to support young people’s personal, social and educational development. The role will also involve working evenings and occasional weekends.
Sessions available:
Tuesdays 3:45-6:15 – Youth Group at Nowell Mount Community Centre
Fridays 4:00-5:30 – Bramley based Youth Group for Ages 8-11
Fridays 6:00-7:30 – Bramley Based Youth Group for Ages 12+
Applicants must be available for one or more of these sessions.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates who identify as male, due to this being an underrepresented group within the team.
To download a full job description/person specification, click here. If you require this document in an alternative format, please email recruitment@barca-leeds.org
A copy of our competency framework can be found here.
Closing date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Interview date: Thursday 18 December 2025
All our roles are subject to funding. For further information and guidance when applying, please have a look at our information for applicants guide.
If you find you have any problems with our application process or you think we’re not meeting your accessibility requirements, please emailrecruitment@barca-leeds.org
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged. The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process. Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.
Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.
Please note that although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this job role.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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