Job Description

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Join Our Team: Assistant Youth Development Worker

Location:

Medway, Kent

Contract Type:

Fixed Term until March 2026 with the opportunity to extend

Hours:

Flexible, including evenings and weekends

Salary:

29,791

Closing Date:

19th September '25

Make a Difference in Young Lives

Medway Council Youth Service are developing an exciting new Wrap Around Support Project and we are looking for a Assistant Youth Development Worker to join our dedicated team.


This innovative project supports young people working with Medway Children's Services, age 11-18 yrs, helping to reduce risk and vulnerability while promoting personal growth, resilience, and positive engagement with education, home life, and the wider community.

Your Role

Build trusted relationships with young people to reduce risk and promote stability. Deliver tailored support before, during, and after school, including evenings and weekends. Strengthen home and educational placements through consistent, meaningful engagement. Improve access to out-of-school activities that develop personal, social, and relational skills. To make sure the young person voice is heard and they understand at Children matter in Medway.

What We're Looking For

Significant experience working with vulnerable young people. Knowledge of issues such as gang involvement, criminal/sexual exploitation, and care system challenges. Ideally, a Level 2 or 3 youth work qualification (or equivalent)--but we welcome diverse training and experience backgrounds. You will hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.

Why Medway?

Medway is a vibrant and diverse area in the South East of England, offering excellent transport links, green spaces, and a strong sense of community. As a unitary authority, we deliver a wide range of services to over 250,000 residents--and you'll be part of a team that's passionate about making a real difference.

We Offer

A supportive and inclusive working environment Generous annual leave entitlement Opportunity to join a pension scheme Opportunities for professional development and training Flexible working arrangements Access to CAREFIRST advice and counselling service

Apply Now

If you're committed to empowering young people and want to be part of a transformative new initiative, we'd love to hear from you.


To apply and view the full job profile, visit: https://recruitment.medway.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=601

For more information, contact: Sharon McCauley, Team Leader 07773194492

Our organisation:

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.


Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.


We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.


Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

Important Information-

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement

Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age


For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online


Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.


Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.


We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.