Summary
Dudley Council is looking for five passionate, grounded, and inspiring Youth Mentors who can make a real difference in the lives of young people across the borough. The role centres on building trusting relationships and offering guidance through life’s challenges, and helping young people develop.
Wage
£28,598 a year
Training course
Youth support worker (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
Start date
Friday 1 May 2026
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
5
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
* Support young people and their families
* Work face-to-face on an individual and group basis with young people and their families
* Source and locate relevant local activities and activity centres for delivery of service
* Work with and engage with schools, colleges and educational settings in the support of relevant activities
* Work with young people in a variety of settings
* Understand the range of issues and concerns facing young people
* Deliver positive activities to young people
* Plan and deliver a range of programmes of positive activities
* Monitor outputs and outcomes against targets
* Support young people to be happy, healthy and safe
* Case holding and support work
* Be aware of risk and vulnerable situations when working with young people and families
* Work effectively with partner agencies to deliver a quality service, focussed on achieving positive change for individuals
* Work with local partners who provide activities for young people
* Contribute to the continuing development of youth work in the borough
* Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of self and service users
* To attend meetings and present information confidently and to receive advice and support from other professionals
* To attend and be actively involved in team meetings and supervision
* To respond in a timely manner to families and professionals
* Empower young people and their families to engage in activities
* To gain and represent the voice of young and their families and to seek to feedback on or from the intervention
* To be aware of the different strands of diversity when working with young people and families
* Be committed to safeguarding children and young people from CSE, abuse, extremism and domestic abuse
Where you'll work
Bayer Street
Bilston
WV14 9DS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MOMENTUM TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD
Training course
Youth support worker (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
* Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
* Facilitate the learning and development of young people
* Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
* Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
* Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
* Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
* Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
* Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
* Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
* Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
* Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
* Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
* Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
* Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
* Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
* Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
* Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
* Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
* Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
* Manage budgets and resources
* Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
* Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people
* Recognise, manage and reflect upon relational boundaries in professional youth support work
* Communicate with stakeholders - internal and/or external
* Facilitate the learning and development of young people
* Encourage the participation of young people in developing their own learning
* Facilitate activities and techniques to use with young people that promote self-confidence and build self-esteem and resilience
* Reflect individually and through supervision on practice in line with daily tasks to enhance the support young people receive
* Monitor and record the outcomes of own practice to identify areas for development and improvement
* Appropriately manage behaviour boundaries in line with organisational policies
* Plan youth support work programmes and sessions
* Lead youth support work programmes and sessions
* Evaluate youth support work programmes and sessions
* Enable young people to express their views, aspirations, needs and concerns appropriately in line with youth support work principles
* Identify, appropriately challenge and act upon oppressive or discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and situations
* Support young people to participate in planning, organising, delivering and evaluating youth work activities and programmes, and engaging on issues of importance to them
* Embeds in own practice a commitment to the rights of young people
* Apply safeguarding procedures and protocols
* Work within the parameters of organisational, local and national health and safety, child protection, data protection and equalities policies and procedures
* Participate in risk assessments and manage risk and risk benefits within the workplace
* Record all health and safety risks and take the correct actions to ensure the safety of all young people
* Complete administrative responsibilities e.g., signing in young people, risk assessments and recording activities
* Manage budgets and resources
* Manage individuals in line with organisational procedures
* Work with and maintain professional behaviour boundaries when working with young people
Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience