Youth Support Worker Apprentice

Location

Blackpool (FY1 6ET)

Closing Date

17 days from now (Friday 30 October 2026 at 11:59pm)

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an apprentice to join our Youth Services Team working at our Bloomfield site in Blackpool (FY1 6ET). You will be part of a highly skilled professional team, working on the front line, delivering a variety of sessions, directly improving young people's lives.

Wage

£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age.

Hours

30 hours a week, primarily in the evenings, Monday - Friday, 3.00pm - 9.00pm, with the occasional weekend.

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience. What you'll do at work:

• Involved in the planning and delivery of educational and/or recreational activities to children and young people.
• Improve the wellbeing of young people by promoting healthy nutrition and participation in active lifestyle and enrichment activities.
• Build and maintain genuine professional relationships with children and young people attending the provision.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with staff, volunteers, parents, and other stakeholders.
• Provide a welcoming, safe, and informal learning environment for young people.
• Support indoor and outdoor activities for different age groups from 5 -17 years.

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills. Training provider: BOLTON COLLEGE

Training Course

Youth support worker (level 3)

What You'll Learn

• Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work.
• Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external.
• Facilitate the learning and development of young people.
• Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning.
• Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience.
• Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive.
• Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement.
• Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies.
• Plan youth support work programmes and sessions.
• Lead youth support work programmes and sessions.
• Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions.
• Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles.
• Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations.
• Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them.
• Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people.
• Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols.
• Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures.
• Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace.
• Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people.
• Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities.
• Manage budgets and resources.
• Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures.
• Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people.