Part-Time Assistant Youth Worker 2026 at Lillington Youth Centre (5.5 hours, 38 Weeks)
Warwickshire County Council – Youth Service
Are you passionate about empowering young people? Do you have the energy, empathy, and commitment to help shape brighter futures?
A great opportunity has become available within Warwickshire County Council’s Youth Service, supporting young people aged 11 to 18 across the county. We’re a small, dedicated team of JNC qualified youth workers within Children’s Services, delivering evidence-based support that makes a real difference. Young people are at the heart of everything we do.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
1. Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
2. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
3. We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
We’re currently recruiting for a part-time Assistant Youth Workers to join our team at:
Lillington Youth Centre
4. Hours: 5.5 hours per week
5. Days: Monday (6:00–8:30pm) & Tuesday (6:00–9:00pm)
6. Role: Supporting evening youth club sessions, engaging with young people through activities, mentoring, and informal education.
What We’re Looking For:
7. Experience working with young people is ideal, but not essential – we offer training and support for the right candidates.
8. A positive, proactive attitude and a genuine interest in youth development.
9. A great opportunity if you're considering a career in youth work or looking to give back to your community.
Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Part-Time Assistant Youth Worker
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.
Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Closing Date: 10th February 2026
Interview Date: 23rd February 2026
Please note: Interviews will be held in the evening.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore