Job description
Senior Youth and Community Worker (Part Time) – Teesdale£14.74 per hour.
We are seeking a dedicated and inspiring leader to join our team as a Senior Youth and Community Worker based in Teesdale. If you are passionate about empowering young people in rural communities and want to lead a team that helps individuals belong, contribute, and thrive, we encourage you to apply!
Do you have experience leading youth and community programmes that foster resilience and well-being?
Are you a creative thinker who can design engaging, person‐centered activities for diverse groups?
Do you have a passion for working within an organisation committed to ensuring all individuals feel they belong, contribute, and thrive in their community?
Are you comfortable taking the lead, supporting a small team, and driving our mobile youth offer to reach rural areas?
If you answered yes , we want to hear from you!
What Will You Be Doing?As the Senior Youth and Community Worker, you will lead the delivery of inclusive programmes across Teesdale. You will be a vital steward of the YMCA mission, ensuring "Youth Voice" shapes everything we do. Your main responsibilities include:
Coordinating and delivering a varied programme of activities, including centre‐based work at our Community Café and outreach via our mobile bus.
Building professional relationships with young people and their families to understand community needs.
Leading and guiding a small team of workers and volunteers, including managing rotas and fostering a collaborative culture.
Championing the voices of beneficiaries to ensure they influence the design and delivery of our services.
Ensuring high standards of safeguarding, health and safety, and administrative reporting to support the impact of our work.
What Skills and Experience Do You Need?To be successful in this dynamic and impactful role, it is essential that you have:
Relevant experience in delivering youth and community work across various settings (face‐to‐face, street‐based, or digital).
Leadership qualities with the ability to provide day‐to‐day guidance to staff and volunteers.
A creative and innovative approach to keeping services fresh, relevant, and engaging.
A flexible approach to working hours , as this role involves 20 hours per week, including evenings and some weekends.
The ability to travel , including driving the mobile van to various locations across the region to ensure rural accessibility.
Equal Opportunity & DiversityYMCA North Tyneside is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity among the workforce. We are an equal opportunities employer and seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work; we welcome applications from all sections of the community and value inclusion and diversity, which we demonstrate through our activities, policies and working practices.
We also commit to safeguarding, equal opportunities, and the recruitment of ex‐offenders. For more detailed information, please refer to our policies.
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Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- London
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 26-05-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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