Sessional Youth Support Worker
Job Title: Sessional Youth Support Worker
Salary: NMW to £14.29 per hour (dependant on qualifications)
Hours: Evenings – Monday to Friday
Location: Sessional delivery across East Durham – Seaham, Shotton, Horden, Murton, Peterlee
Responsible For: No direct reports, responsibility for the support of Volunteers and Support Workers
Reports To: Project Manager
About the role
Working as a member of the Youth Team to lead in engagement with targeted communities to provide and promote inclusive opportunities for young people. The postholder will provide a valuable resource for Groundwork North East & Cumbria to enable it to achieve the Trust objectives. Dealing with a variety of Youth project delivery tasks in a diverse and busy internal and external environment, ensuring deadlines are met whilst maintaining quality
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service
About you
We are seeking self-motivated, enthusiastic sessional Youth Support Workers to join our team, working in targeted communities to develop positive working relationships with young people and enable them to achieve their potential. These roles will support the development of a full range of personal and social development opportunities for young people, meeting their needs through community engagement and capacity building.
We want someone like you who will actively engage with participants and support the Youth & Community Engagement Officer and Lead Youth Workers. Your role will require you to be enthusiastic and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You need to provide a professional service and develop effective working relationships with other members of staff, volunteers, participants and external partners, and facilitate delivery across a diverse programme of youth support projects in targeted areas.
For further information please contact Joanne Holloway (Project Manager) on 07918 683795.
Want to apply?
Great. All you need to do is complete the application form below;
Sessional Youth Support Worker – Job Description
All completed applications should be emailed to HR.NorthEast@groundwork.org.uk
Closing Date: We are recruiting on a rolling basis with applications closing at midnight on Tuesday 30th September 2025
Make yourself at home
We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.
At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and
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