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This is an exciting time to join Tower Hamlets Youth Service.

A key priority within the Tower Hamlets Council Strategic Plan 2022-2026 is to transform and improve services for young people in the borough. We are ambitious about ensuring that all young people in the borough have access to a diverse range of youth work opportunities and support through the delivery of a high-quality youth service, this includes:

• Rapid Response Team - detached youth work team providing a preventative and responsive approach to harm outside the home.
• Universal ‘safe spaces’ in every single ward throughout the borough where young people can stay safe, participate in positive activities and educational opportunities as well as access additional support from youth workers.
• Targeted youth support for vulnerable young people and their families.
• Commissioning of specialist youth provision for specific groups of young people and universal youth provision.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Youth Worker for our Rapid Response team within Young Tower Hamlets.

The Senior Youth Worker will play a pivotal role in managing a team of frontline youth workers delivering targeted, street-based interventions across Tower Hamlets. Working under the leadership of the Team Manager, this post holder will lead on operational deployment, staff supervision, casework management, and contribute to the borough’s response to youth violence, ASB, knife crime, and gang-related issues.

This role requires an experienced practitioner who can work flexibly in high-risk environments, deliver high-quality youth work, and provide effective team oversight while maintaining a visible presence in communities.

The post holder will also play a key part in mediation, community reassurance, and working in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations to ensure the team offer is delivered to the highest standards and achieves positive outcomes for young people aged 11- 25 years.

Role Requirements

• Knowledge of current developments and of key national policy drivers, legislation and broader influences related to the role.
• Be able tp lead on day-to-day street-based youth work activity and tasking of Detached Youth Workers, ensuring coverage across identified hotspot areas and in response to emerging intelligence.
• Be able to lead on the induction, training, and development of youth workers, sessional staff, and volunteers. Provide regular reflective supervision, case management, and operational oversight for a team of youth workers. Support team members in assessing risk, planning interventions, and documenting outcomes through the youth service management system
• Understanding of the key principals of good youth work practice, with the ability to link theory to practice.
• Skilled in mediation, de-escalation and trauma-informed approaches
• A strong understanding and application of safeguarding practices which effectively safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in youth work, youth justice, probation or social work.
• Experience of line managing staff and / or volunteers working across a range of settings.
  
  The vacancy will be closed once we have reached the maximum number of applications.
  

Our offer

We are committed to developing excellent managers and practitioners and making Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. If you choose to work with us, you will benefit from:

A competitive salary - £50,175 to £53,319

• Up to 31 days annual leave rising to 32 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays
• Learning and development opportunities via my annual review scheme and supervision
• Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave
• Opportunities for agile/flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme/ Rent deposit scheme/Access to free eye tests
• Discounted gym/Costco membership
• You at Work discounts and many others

We have fantastic transport links –Tower Hamlets Town Hall is directly opposite Whitechapel Station, which is a minute away. Whitechapel is an interchange station which serves Hammersmith & City, District, Overground, with quick access to central line DLR and Jubilee lines. We also have the Crossrail Elizabeth line with links to Canary Wharf, Shenfield/Abbey Wood/Heathrow and Stratford, which is the best-connected hub in London.

If you require more information on the role, please contact akhtar.rahim@towerhamlets.gov.uk