Youth Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and compassionate Youth Worker to join the Children's Services team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. You will support young people, families, and multidisciplinary teams, focusing on developing confidence, independence, and self-management. The position involves building positive relationships, promoting engagement with healthcare, and contributing to young-person friendly service development. You will advocate for young people and work within a multidisciplinary team, primarily based in Ipswich with occasional cover in Colchester.
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering youth work practice with young people.
- Experience of evaluating projects & monitoring outcomes.
- Good understanding of the purpose of Youth Work.
- Resource management.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with young people with long-term health conditions and their families.
- Experience of supervising volunteers.
- Experience of working with young people in a healthcare/hospital setting.
- Experience of assisting with project management.
- Youth Work Diploma or professional youth work qualification.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Youth Work Degree
- Accreditation Training
- Experience of delivering youth work practice with young people.
- Experience of evaluating projects & monitoring outcomes.
- Good understanding of the purpose of Youth Work.
- Resource management.
- Experience of working with young people with long-term health conditions and their families.
- Experience of supervising volunteers.
- Experience of working with young people in a healthcare/hospital setting.
- Experience of assisting with project management.
- Youth Work Diploma or professional youth work qualification.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Youth Work Degree
- Accreditation Training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Youth Worker
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and creative Youth Worker to join our Children's Services team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).This is an exciting opportunity to bring your youth work expertise into a healthcare environment and help ensure that the voices, experiences and needs of children and young people are at the heart of our services.You will work alongside children, young people, families and our multidisciplinary teams, providing support that goes beyond clinical care. You will help young people to develop confidence, independence and self-management, while ensuring their emotional, social and developmental needs are recognised.The role will involve building positive relationships with young people, supporting engagement with healthcare, contributing to transition, promoting participation and helping us develop services that are genuinely young-person friendly.We are looking for someone who is approachable, resilient, creative and able to connect with young people, including those who may find healthcare environments challenging. You will be a strong advocate for young people and confident working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
This post is in Ipswich with cross cover to Colchester when needed.
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