Youth Support Worker - King's Trust

Job Title: Youth Support Worker - King's Trust
Starting Salary: £27,694 progressing to £31,022 per annum (pro rata for part time) - Pay award pending
Hours: 37
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Community Protection

About the team

This is an exciting opportunity to join our youth team as a Support Youth Worker where you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the King’s Trust Team Programme at Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

About the role

Team is a 12-week programme working with 16–25-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training. It is a varied role where you will deliver the programme. Part of the role will be session delivery, supporting young people with work placements, their next steps, a hands-on community project and helping them with personal challenges that they may face.

You would also attend a 4-day team building residential activity 3 times a year. Building relationships with external agencies to advertise our programme and directly help with the recruitment of young people to the programme.

About you

Essential:

• Ability to work in a Team, particularly in partnership with other Youth Support Workers.
• Able to work on own initiative, with the ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload
• Organisational skills and self-motivation.
• Willingness to take responsibility.
• Good administrative and record keeping skills.
• Ability to identify suitable projects, placements and challenges.
• Full driving licence and use of own vehicle.
  

Desirable

• Ideally you will have experience of working with young people and an understanding of the challenges that they face today, but this is not essential as we will provide training to develop someone who has a ‘can-do’ attitude and a willingness to learn.
  

We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 7. Please locate the job profile here:

Job profiles - Community services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Coral.Jobson@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: week commencing 27th July 2026

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Councilis undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.