Youth Engagement Worker

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of the success.

The Team: This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Knowsley’s STEP Team which has recently received permanent funding by the Council following a successful pilot period.

The team sits under the direction of the Youth Justice Service but is very much a partnership approach to tackling anti-social behaviour, crime and exploitation.  We would like to hear from you if you are creative, resourceful, supportive, and have a genuine desire to positively shape the futures of children. We are specifically looking for someone who is committed, dedicated, with experience of working directly with children and families.

The mission of the team is to provide a child first, trauma informed and relationship-based service to reduce anti-social behaviour, children entering the criminal justice system, and children becoming exploited. The service will support vulnerable children, some who have been impacted by adverse childhood experiences, those who are most excluded, so above all, you will need to have the drive, passion, and commitment to making a difference for these children. 

The role: As a Youth Engagement Worker, you will directly support children and families referred to the service through gaining an understanding of their needs, ensuring a strengths-based approach to planning, and delivering bespoke interventions. A key aspect to the role is your ability to engage children and families who may be challenging. You will need to be creative in the way that you work with complex families, engaging them to build on the positives whilst having a strong understanding of the impact of exploitation, trauma and adverse childhood experiences.

This role will require you to be creative and innovative in developing and delivering interventions and community projects to support positive outcomes for children, families and communities in Knowsley.  

In return you will get great benefits; we are committed to flexible working to improve productivity and wellbeing.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.You will receive regular supervision, support, and benefit from opportunities for continuous professional development. We are an equal opportunities employer which values diversity and positively encourages a diverse range of applicants. 

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: 

Mark McCausland on 07557849423
Helen Knibb on 07810053454

If you are interested in this post, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.