Company Description
Litherland Youth and Community Centre (LYCC) is a long-established charity and company limited by guarantee that has supported the local community on its current site since 1940. The Centre’s evolution from a boys’ club to a youth and community hub reflects its commitment to inclusion and to responding to changing community needs. LYCC engages with people of all ages, listening and learning to design activities and services that help tackle inequalities and improve quality of life. Services include youth provision, HAF, holiday club, community engagement projects, luncheon clubs for older residents, foodbank distribution, ICT access, facility hire, and family support.
Role Description
The Deputy Lead Youth Worker is a full-time, on-site role based at Litherland Youth and Community Centre in Liverpool. This role supports the Lead Youth Worker in planning, delivering, and evaluating youth work sessions and projects, including evening and weekend provision where required. The Deputy Lead Youth Worker will build positive, trusting relationships with children, young people, and families, offering guidance, mentoring, and support to help them overcome challenges and develop skills and confidence. Daily tasks include supervising activities, ensuring a welcoming and safe environment, maintaining high standards of safeguarding and health and safety, and managing behaviour in line with organisational policies. The role also involves contributing to project planning, recording attendance and outcomes, liaising with partner organisations and schools, supporting volunteers and sessional staff, and helping with community events and wider centre activities.
To support the development and delivery of a challenging and progressive youth work programme based at LYCC both open access and targeted youth sessions for ages 8 years to 18 years – or up to 25 for those with additional needs. Helping to support and in the absence of the Lead Youth Worker manage a team of both qualified and unqualified youth staff and volunteers to provide a safe and supportive environment for children and young people from Sefton. Supporting the development and delivery of a youth work programme that responds to the needs of local children and young people and adapts in line with the ever-changing needs identified and local issues. Participating in the planning, delivering and evaluation of the youth offer especially in terms of funders expectations and LYCC aims and objectives.
Hours: 18 hours per week, post 5pm. Sessions are Monday to Saturday but are to be negotiated and agreed 8-weeks in advance
Salary: £14.71 per hour
Location: Centre based – LYCC, 41 Sefton Road, Litherland, L21 9HD
Qualifications / Training / Experience – Essential
- At least 2 years’ management, supervision and training of staff experience, working with children and young people aged 8 years to 18 years within a similar youth provision environment / project.
- A qualification in relation to working with children and young people aged 8 years to 18 years i.e., youth work, children and young people’s studies, youth & community work.
- D1 & D1E licence and/or MIDAS training – Desirable
Deputy Lead Youth Worker in Liverpool employer: Litherland Youth and Community Centre
Litherland Youth and Community Centre is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its staff while making a meaningful impact in the community. With a supportive work culture that fosters collaboration and inclusivity, employees have ample opportunities for personal and professional growth, all within a vibrant Liverpool setting that encourages creativity and connection with local youth and families.
Contact Details:
Litherland Youth and Community Centre Recruitment Team
