Youth and Community Worker

Details of the job are provided below. Further information is available in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job reference: REQ05896

Date posted: 04/09/2026

Application closing date: 17/09/2026

Location: Port Talbot Civic Centre

Salary: £31,885 to £34,708 pro rata, per annum (JNC 13 – 16)

Package: Generous holiday entitlement, Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme with 15.3% employer contributions, discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure and excellent development opportunities.

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time

Job category/type: Youth and Community Services

Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces.

We are currently seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, well-organised individual, who wants to help young people make a change and achieve their full potential to join our team as a Youth and Community Worker. The successful candidate will be responsible for the operational delivery of the Youth Engagement and Progression programme which is focused on providing young person-centred support for individuals aged 15+ identified as NEET or at risk of becoming NEET.

Providing interventions, activities and opportunities with the right level of challenge and support to help them make genuine progress to enter appropriate and sustainable education, training and/or employment. As a Youth & Community Worker you will provide support for NEET or at risk of NEET young people aged 15+ to enter or sustain education, training and/or employment.

You will provide a variety of projects, courses and one-to-one work support to remove individual barriers the young people are facing and improve their well-being to successfully access and maintain employment, education and/or training. This will be achieved by using a variety of youth work interventions and signposting to specialist agencies and organisations.

You should also be able to develop and maintain key relationships with other agencies; possess excellent communication and organisational skills; be proactive and be able to work under your own initiative as well as part of a team.

As a Youth and Community Worker using Youth Work techniques you will support and engage with a caseload of young people aged 15+, some of whom are furthest away from the labour market, to tackle barriers that are preventing them from engaging, accessing or sustaining employment, education or training. Support provided will help reduce their barriers to explore opportunities to enter education, training and/or employment and decrease the number of NEET young people within NPT.

About you:

• Experience of working with and supporting young people who are NEET/at risk of becoming NEET.
• Knowledge of Youth Work practice and methods and ability to apply these to work with young people.
• To identify and remove the barriers to engaging in education, training and employment by direct intervention, by developing support mechanisms and, when necessary, by referring the individual learner to specialists for help.
• Facilitate young people’s participation by identifying and responding to their needs and ensuring an appropriate flow of accurate and useful information to all relevant stakeholders (young person, co-workers, parent/carer, school, training provider, other agencies, line manager).
• Experience in devising and delivering sessions to young people and small groups.
• Ability to work independently with young people and manage a caseload.
• A minimum of 4 GCE/GCSEs (Grades A-C) or equivalent, which should include English Language.
• Nationally Recognised Qualification in Youth and Community Work or equivalent.
• EWC membership.

We would welcome those with experience in the following roles: School/Education – Teacher/Teaching Assistant/Education support worker, Youth Worker.

About us:

We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues’ efforts and achievements. We also believe that there’s life at work and life outside of work. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need. Choose to work for us and you’ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.

• Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work-life balance.
• Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 15.3% employer pension contribution.
• Enjoy a holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service (not forgetting the additional 8 bank holidays too).
• Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure.
• Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment.
• Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme.
• Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.

DBS requirements:

This post is subject to an enhanced with child barred list DBS disclosure. Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our schools/employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children and young people. Welsh Language skills are not required. Applications may be submitted in Welsh; applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot. We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees. We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.