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Youth Support Worker Job details Posting date: 04 November 2025 Salary: £28,124 to £37,116 per year Hours: Part time Closing date: 11 November 2025 Location: Carlisle, Cumbria Remote working: On-site only Company: Barnardo's Job type: Temporary Job reference: 22Apply for this job Summary Are you looking for a new opportunity for 2026? Can you build positive relationships with young people in group settings - helping them explore new experiences, grow in confidence, and discover their own strengths and ambitions? Are you enthusiastic about developing excellent and inclusive services with young people to enhance their, wellbeing, access to food and opportunities? If so, we want you to join our team! The Barnardo's Co-op Partnership is an exciting and innovative project where we are aiming to support over 1 million young people to have positive futures. You could be working alongside young people and empowering them to continually develop their co- designed service, Carlisle Youth Connect. The service facilitates weekly spaces on Thursdays and Saturdays providing opportunities where young people can: Come together to make and share food Play games and make friends Feel included and safe to explore topics that matter to them Take part in creative activities to enhance their wellbeing. If you are: Confident and creative in engaging and working alongside young people aged between 10-25 years. Skilled in designing and delivering groupwork sessions for young people. Able to provide emotional and practical support to young people, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures. Able to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of young people. Able to work in partnership with Co-op, Children's Services and the community, whilst keeping young people at the centre Then please apply for the youth support worker role! Up to 25 hours per week Our Co-op partnership Youth Advisory Group have made this film to support in recruiting the right staff for our in Community Services across the UK (link below): Barnardo's | Recruitment of Staff for Co-op Partnership by the Youth Advisory Group (youtube.com) When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. For more information on our exciting partnership with the Co-op, please see our additional information sheet. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Amy Leech on - North Region Children's Service Manager Please note that this job role is advertised at part time hours however, we are open to negotiating hours that are mutually agreeable. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .