Youth Worker
This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
Salary: £26,850 rising to up to £29,644 after five years’ service, pro-rata per annum
Location: West & North Kent (Maidstone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Gravesend, Dartford & Northfleet)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term March 2026 – with possible extension
Closing date: 9th July 2025
The role: We’re looking for a dynamic person to join the North & West Kent arm of the BeYou Project – our support service for LGBTQ+ young people.
You’ll be responsible for running BeYou meet-ups in these districts (physical and online) with the help of a volunteer.
You’ll provide safe spaces where young people can be themselves, socialise, and learn more about the LBGTQ+ community and related topics.
You’ll empower young people to become active members of the groups and their wider community via our steering group.
You’ll manage a caseload of LGBTQ+ young people, providing one-to-one in person support, and be available to offer guidance to their families (when appropriate) via an online parents/carers support group.
You’ll deliver assemblies and workshops to schools, organisations, services, and stakeholders, and actively partake in promotional events such as Pride, freshers’ fairs and conferences to talk about the benefits of joining the BeYou Project.
What you need:
- The ability to talk with, motivate, and engage young people.
- A good understanding of the issues LGBTQ+ young people face and a commitment to building LGBTQ+ communities.
- Experience of designing, promoting, and managing youth group programmes.
- The energy and enthusiasm to help us drive our BeYou service forward to change the lives of more LGBTQ+ young people.
- A commitment to Porchlight’s safeguarding policies and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk.
- Confidence to run your own groups and manage your own caseload working to key performance indicators.
- Good ability to balance face-to-face work with administrative work.
- Feel confident in working with vulnerable young people.
About us: we’re passionate about helping vulnerable people to reach their full potential. Our vision is a fairer society where the most excluded are included and everybody has a safe place to call home and the chance to make a positive contribution.
Porchlight runs The BeYou Project because LGBTQ+ young people are disproportionately affected by homelessness. By putting the right support in place, we can ensure they feel included and have a bright future.
Benefits: as a Porchlight employee, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits including free life insurance, 25 days holiday per year (increasing to 30 days after five years’ service) plus bank holidays, the Porchlight pension scheme, employee assistance programme and 360 wellbeing app.
The charity
Porchlight is a charity supporting people who are homeless, vulnerable, and isolated. At Porchlight, we are passionate about helping vulnerable people to reach their full potential. We strive for a fairer society where vulnerable people find stability, the most excluded are included, and where homelessness and poverty are things of the past.
Porchlight is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Porchlight is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
The benefits
Generous annual leave entitlements
Generous pension scheme
Occupational sick pay
Occupational maternity and support pay
Employee assistance programme
Staff loans
Access to mental health first aiders
Sponsorship for professional qualifications
Staff loans
Hybrid and flexible working
Life assurance
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