Youth Worker

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Job Title: Youth Worker

Salary: £27,870 – £31,086 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: CXK Hastings and Field-based

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 5 days a week

(3 days per week on Pathways for Progression funded by the National Lottery and

2 days per week supporting CXKs Youth Hub)

Reports to: Area Manager Hastings

Job Purpose:

• Recruit, induct and support Youth Leaders and Youth Ambassadors to participate safely and confidently within Youth Working Groups.
• Deliver 121 and group work creatively and effectively with young people, supporting them to be ready to contribute to the Pathways for Progression project.
• Facilitate the development of Youth Working Groups, supporting Youth Leaders to co-design, test and lead project activities with Youth Ambassadors.
• Provide opportunities and support for young people to influence employers, education providers and decision-makers, ensuring their experiences help shape local opportunities and services.
• Manage a caseload of young people, providing consistent one-to-one support throughout their journey to secure education, employment or training.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Support Youth Leaders to engage with employers, schools, decision-makers and wider stakeholders, building their confidence and ability to influence systems and practice.
• Deliver regular one-to-one supervision, reflective learning sessions and wellbeing check-ins with the Youth Leaders working on the project.
• Deliver ongoing training and development opportunities to build young people’s skills in leadership, facilitation, critical thinking, communication and co-production.
• Deliver information, advice, guidance and mentoring to young people, using coaching and development activities to build confidence, personal and social skills, and employability.
• Ensure all activity is delivered in a trauma-informed, strengths based and inclusive manner, with appropriate support for disadvantaged, neurodivergent and SEND young people.
• Work creatively and in a person-centred way, delivering one-to-one and group support that promotes meaningful youth participation and progression into employment and training.
• Develop proactive relationships with external partners, including employers, to support work-based tasters, visits and other opportunities for CXKs beneficiaries.
• Provide support and work effectively and safely in detached or outreach settings when required
• Contribute to evaluation, learning cycles and continuous improvement activity.
• Maintain and promote compliance with CXK policies, safeguarding procedures and professional boundaries, supporting Youth Leaders and Ambassadors to embed this within their own roles.
• Maintain accurate case records, participant outcomes and evidence in accordance with contract requirements.
• Be responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of CXK beneficiaries, encouraging safe working practices and raising awareness of risk.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances at the discretion of CXK management.

All appointees will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

Recruitment Timeline

Vacancy closing date:Monday 21st September 2026

Application review date:Tuesday 22nd September 2026

Interview dates from:28th September 2026

If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment Team on recruitment@cxk.org