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Youth Engagement Worker

Job Description

Youth Engagement Worker – STEP Service
Knowsley Council | Children’s Services Directorate
📍 Location: Knowsley
🕒 Full Time – 36 hours per week
🗓️ Initial 5-month contract (potential for extension)

Are you passionate about working directly with young people? Can you deliver impactful interventions that steer young lives away from crime and anti-social behaviour? If so, we wabt to hear from you!

We are seeking a Youth Engagement Worker to join the STEP (Support to Engage and Prevent) Service, working at the heart of our community to support young people and their families through proactive, targeted interventions.

🔍 About the Role As a Youth Engagement Worker, you will play a vital part in:
  • Assessing and planning tailored interventions for children at risk of offending.
  • Working directly with young people and their families, delivering one-to-one and group sessions that promote positive behaviours and prevent criminal activity.
  • Engaging with partners across the statutory and voluntary sectors to deliver a joined-up approach to youth support and crime prevention.
This role is a key frontline position that combines community-based work, relationship-building, and safeguarding with meaningful, hands-on support to young people navigating challenging circumstances.

💡 What You’ll Be Doing
  • Conduct assessments and manage a personal caseload of young people and families.
  • Deliver strength-based, restorative interventions focused on desistance and resilience.
  • Work flexibly across a variety of settings – from schools and homes to community venues.
  • Develop and deliver prevention programmes in collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
  • Promote the voice and participation of young people and their families throughout service delivery.
  • Contribute to wider community efforts to tackle perceptions of anti-social behaviour.
👤 Who We’re Looking For We’re looking for someone who:
  • Has experience in youth work, early help, social care, or a related field.
  • Is confident conducting assessments and delivering structured interventions.
  • Understands safeguarding and risk management in a youth support context.
  • Can build rapport quickly and work inclusively with diverse individuals and families.
  • Is proactive, adaptable, and passionate about making a real difference.
Evening and weekend work may be required on occasion to meet the needs of the young people we support.

✅ What We Offer
  • A supportive, collaborative team committed to prevention and early intervention.
  • A dynamic, varied role making a tangible difference in young lives.
  • Access to relevant training and development opportunities.
  • Opportunity for contract extension based on performance and service need.
📩 Apply Now Be part of something meaningful. 

For further details, please contact Emily @ Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or emily.bentley@servicecare.org.uk 

The benefits of working with Emily at Service Care Solutions:
  • You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of the market
  • We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
  • We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
  • We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week
At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply now. To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Emily at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or emily.bentley@servicecare.org.uk