Youth Worker Curriculum and Accreditation

We are recruiting a Youth Worker Curriculum and Accreditation at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 37
Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term until 31st March 2026
Location: Office based / Home working / Working hours can be split between home and office depending on specific task requirements.

Team: Youth Service - Youth Participation and Curriculum

This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organization.

We pay an attractive salary of £31,537 - £34,434 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

The Youth Service in Caerphilly has a Curriculum Framework that provides a foundation for developing high quality work with young people.

Planning for young people’s learning in the curriculum takes place around five core themes: Citizenship; Creativity; Recreation; Health and Well being; and Life Skills, enabling youth workers to plan, deliver and evaluate work in a systematic and measurable way ensuring that beneficial outcomes for young people are achieved.

As a Youth Worker for Curriculum and Accreditation you will contribute to increasing the capacity of this service to deliver accredited programmes of learning.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• Relevant Level 3 qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales. For example Youth and Community Work, Community Development, Criminal Justice, Early Years, Education, Teaching, Social Work.
• Experience in Youth Work or an associated field.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to undertake duties in locations both in the borough and beyond, attend meetings and transport colleagues.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence to drive a Council vehicle (people carrier) and transport young people and colleagues on a regular basis.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Evan Davies on 07701 020212 or email davieej4@caerphilly.gov.uk / Lee Kabza on 07789 501142 or email kabzal@caerphilly.gov.uk

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Youth Worker posts which require Education Workforce Council registration:

The Education (Wales) Act 2014 and the Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015 as amended, set out the requirement for qualified youth workers and qualified youth support workers to be registered in the category or categories of registration for the work the undertake.

Your employment will be subject to satisfactory documentary evidence of registration, and continuing registration, as a qualified youth worker or qualified youth support work.

Information on how to register with the Education Workforce Council (EWC) can be found on the following website https://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/ or by telephoning, 02920 460099. It is your responsibility to ensure you register and continue to register as part of your terms and conditions of employment.