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Youth Leader Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Youth Leader to join our growing organisation. The role will focus on the direct engagement with young people in an alternative learning environment with some wider community work involved, this role will be a hybrid approach based at The POD in Ilkeston along with various venues in Kirk Hallam.
Wage
£19,240 a year
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Training Course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
37 hours, including 7 hours study time.
[37 hours a week](37 hours a week)
Start Date
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Duration
1 year 3 months
Positions Available
1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What You'll Do at Work
Main Responsibilities
- To engage children and young people through a variety of positive activities, arranging and facilitating subsequent sessions in Kirk Hallam.
- To provide one to one mentoring for identified young people where required.
- To lead, plan and organise outcome focussed activities to engage young people during sessions, underpinned by methods to overcome individual social, educational and emotional barriers and to create personal development plans.
- To establish positive and interactive relationships with young people in group and one to one settings.
- To lead volunteers and junior staff allocating roles and responsibilities where required pre, during and post sessions.
- Manage workloads efficiently prioritising this effectively allowing changes yet ensuring all administrative duties are completed within required time-lines and stored correctly.
- To help each young person develop life skills and accomplish specific goals, helping them to improve their mental health and well-being, predominantly through fun and positive learning activities.
- To monitor each mentee and record progress reports after each session.
- To gather monitoring and evaluation data from each young person.
- Responsible for the health and safety of yourself, staff and young people within your care during activities.
- Effectively safeguard young people under your supervision.
- Following Parkside safeguarding policy and procedures at all times.
Who We Are Looking For
- Has the ability to lead, advice and support colleagues.
- Has the ability to engage with young people on a level that brings the best out of them and supports positive change.
- Has willingness to work outdoors all year round.
- Has personal commitment to addressing the needs of the most vulnerable young people in the borough.
- Has knowledge and experience of safeguarding with additional training to be provided.
- Has knowledge of current trends and challenges faced by young people today.
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Where You'll Work
The Pod
17 Summerfields Way
Ilkeston
DE7 9JJ
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training Course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
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What You'll Learn
Course Contents
- Successful application of tactics and strategies to empower people from inactive and hard to reach populations to take up an active lifestyle.
- Successful application of a range of approaches that bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours within target communities.
- Supporting people within target communities to become involved in the preparation, planning and delivery of sport and active lifestyles.
- Using local insight and customer-orientated marketing skills to attract high priority groups into existing leisure, parks and sport infrastructure.
- Negotiation, lobbying and brokerage skills with local partners across public health, community development and anti social behaviour.
- Demonstrate clear and effective communication techniques in order to give/receive information accurately and in a timely and positive manner.
- Problem solving and effective decision making with regards the design and implementation of sport and physical activity programmes.
- Writing successful funding bids to enable new, different or more opportunities to take place for sport and physical activity.
- Managing disruptive behaviour of clients and customers before, during and after activities.
- Managing and adapting personal behaviours to ensure provision is inclusive, customer-focused and accessible.
- Building partnerships and developing meaningful relationships with local partners and stakeholders in sport and physical activity.
Training Schedule
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Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other Requirements
- Need a current driving licence.
Youth work is a rewarding career, but it can also be challenging. Youth workers often support young people facing complex issues such as mental health concerns, family difficulties, social isolation, or challenging behaviour. The role requires patience, resilience, good communication skills, and the ability to build trusting relationships. Working hours may include evenings and weekends to meet the needs of young people and community programmes. Ongoing training, reflective practice, and support from colleagues are important for maintaining professional well-being and delivering effective youth work.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Youth Leader to join our growing organisation. The role will focus on the direct engagement with young people in an alternative learning environment with some wider community work involved, this role will be a hybrid approach based at The POD in Ilkeston along with various venues in Kirk Hallam.
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Following successful completion of the Youth Work apprenticeship, the apprentice can progress into a qualified Youth Worker role or continue to a higher-level apprenticeship or qualification in Youth Work, Community Learning and Development. You may also develop specialist skills in areas such as mentoring, safeguarding, mental health, or community engagement, with opportunities to progress into senior youth work, project coordination, team leadership, or management roles. This provides a clear pathway to a rewarding career supporting young people and their communities.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047549.
Closing Date
Closes on Tuesday 22 September 2026
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