Youth Worker

Stopsley High School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7UX

69 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st October 2026

• Closing date

  20 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,992.00 Annually (Actual) L5 SCP 15

Youth Worker job summary

Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive, achieve their potential, and make positive life choices? We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Youth Worker to join our team and help create safe, inclusive, and engaging opportunities for our students.

In this role, you will build positive and trusted relationships with students, delivering high-quality interventions that promote personal development, wellbeing, confidence, and resilience. You will work collaboratively with students and their families, colleagues and partner agencies to ensure students receive the support they need to overcome challenges and achieve their goals.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who is committed to empowering young people, values diversity and inclusion, and can both inspire and motivate, students. Whether delivering group sessions, providing one-to-one support, or helping to shape interventions, you will play a vital role in making a lasting difference in students lives.

If you are passionate and want to be part of a team that champions positive outcomes for students, we would love to hear from you.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Stopsley High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1046 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Stopsley High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stopsley-high-school-luton

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