Youth Coach

Salary: £27,870 – £31,086

Location: East Sussex (Hybrid – office/home/field-based)

Contract: Full Time

Reports to: Team Leader

Job Purpose:

To identify, design and deliver engaging 12 week programmes, in accessible community venues across East Sussex to young people aged 16-24. To deliver 121 and group support creatively and effectively in a range of community settings with disengaged young people, supporting them to be ready to move into, and sustain employment, education, training, or an apprenticeship. To liaise with a wide range of employers, training providers and stakeholders to promote and offer work placements and other engagement opportunities to beneficiaries. To provide bespoke and tailored mentoring to beneficiaries and undertake assessments of need and skills, review progress and undertake ongoing tracking and support.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver appropriate information, advice, guidance, and mentoring to unemployed young people and adults that enables development of their personal, social and employability skills.
• Deliver a 12 week face to face programme to young people, ensuring that participants are emotionally prepared to progress into education training or employment by improving confidence and attitudes towards learning, feedback and challenge.
• Work with the Team Leader to recruit and support young people onto the programme, keeping them engaged and invested until induction.
• Work creatively and in a person-centred way, in a group or 121 setting.
• Support work-based tasters, visits and other community opportunities and be confident working in detached and outreach settings.
• Broker progression opportunities through employer networks, apprenticeship providers, FE Colleges and employability programmes including Connect to Work.
• Support young people with applying for appropriate opportunities and hold regular check-ins/support during the tracking period.
• Advocate for young people, working confidentially to support them and their families to address barriers to progression, making referrals as necessary.
• Maintain a high awareness of safeguarding and safe working practices and be able to assess risk effectively.
• Set SMART action / learning plans with beneficiaries, reviewing progress, and undertaking tracking and ongoing support as needed.
• Ensure all relevant paperwork and records are completed to deadlines and in-line with the requirements of the contract being worked on, this will be both paper-based and through a CRM system.
• Actively recruit people onto the programme, maintaining positive links with referral organisations and other agencies that offer work and support including colleges, employers, and schools.
• Be responsible for designing and reviewing a range of resources and interventions to support work readiness and development of life skills.
• Work closely with all departments in CXK.
• Be responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of the people we work with during all aspects of the programme, encouraging safe working practices and raising people’s awareness of risk.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances at the discretion of Management.

All appointees will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

Recruitment Timeline:

• Vacancy closing date: Monday 31st August 2026
• Application review date: Tuesday 1st September
• Interview dates from: Monday 7th September 2026

If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment Team on [email protected]