Friendship Fusion Southport: Youth Worker Roles

Senior Youth Worker: £150 per day | 2 days per week- Sunday & Monday | 36 weeks (8 months)
Youth Worker: £120 per day | 30 sessional Sundays over 30 weeks (7 months)

Sunday is an essential working day for both roles | Southport

We’re looking for two incredible, reliable, positive, empowering and potentially life changing youth workers to join our small team and help shape something new and very special. If you are ready to make a massive difference to the lives of local young people, please read on…

Friendship Fusion Southport is a new and innovative youth project working with disabled and vulnerable young people tackling loneliness and social isolation through friendship, confidence, connection and emotional wellbeing.

You’ll work collaboratively with a counsellor to instill a strength based, psychologically informed approach, helping young people build friendships, confidence, social skills and leadership.

The Senior Youth Worker will work Sunday and Monday, leading Sunday delivery alongside planning and development work.

The Youth Worker will work Sundays over approximately seven months, reliability with Sunday work is a must.

To apply:

Please submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the post, as detailed within the job description and person specification to; Jennybowles1@hotmail.com

For an informal conversation contact Jennybowles1@hotmail.com

Closing date for applications is Friday 16 October 2026.

Friendship Fusion Southport – Job Descriptions and Person Specifications

Staffing Structure: The Friendship Fusion Southport staffing model has been designed to deliver a targeted, young person led, strengths based and trauma informed programme that focuses on reducing loneliness and social isolation, developing friendship skills, improving emotional wellbeing and supporting young people to become leaders within their communities.

Reporting Relationships

The Senior Youth Worker reports to the Project Coordinator and is responsible for the delivery of sessions. They lead preparatory work with young people and families including completion of needs and wishes assessments, co-design of the programme with young people including peer leadership, delivery of the programme of youth work activities and monitoring and exit planning for each cohort. The Youth worker reports to this post.
The Youth Worker reports to the Senior Youth Worker and facilitates sessions, supporting wellbeing and peer connection. They lead the Behaviour Compact and are responsible for the ‘Great Places to Go Scheme’ as well as the direction, support and progression of volunteers and peer leaders.

Friendship Fusion Southport Values: We believe young people thrive when they are trusted, listened to and empowered to shape the opportunities available to them. Our approach focuses on:

Building meaningful friendships and social connections.
Developing confidence, resilience and life skills.
Supporting emotional wellbeing.
Encouraging leadership and decision making.
Promoting inclusion and belonging.
Enabling young people to influence and shape services.

All staff are expected to work within a strength based, trauma informed and youth led framework which promotes enjoyment, autonomy, confidence and resilience.

Senior Youth Worker

Purpose of Role

To lead the programme delivery of Friendship Fusion Southport, supporting young people to build friendships, develop confidence, strengthen social skills and become leaders within their communities.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Delivery

Lead the completion of the ‘Needs and Wishes’ Assessments with young people and their onboarding to the programme
Lead the session planning and structure of sessions including ‘off site’ activities decided with young people, managing session safety and behaviour
Facilitate opportunities for friendship building and social connection.
Deliver life skills and personal development sessions.
Support young people to develop leadership skills aligned with peer leadership

Youth Participation and Co-Production

Ensure young people are actively involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of activities.
Support young people to influence decision making processes.
Develop the peer leadership scheme to facilitate opportunities for young people to develop leadership skills within Friendship Fusion and with partners.
Support young people to make informed decisions regarding activity planning and use of project budgets.
Support young people to test ideas and take ownership of projects.

Staff Supervision

Provide supervision and support to the Youth Worker and support them in their leadership role of volunteers.

Safeguarding

Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.
Maintain accurate records and reports.
Follow organisational safeguarding procedures.

Partnership Working

Maintain relationships with schools and referral agencies working with the project co-ordinator
Promote opportunities for young people to engage with community activities.

Administration

All staff will be expected to complete necessary and appropriate recording and administration tasks

Person Specification

Essential

Youth work qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience working with young people aged 10-16 years
Experience facilitating group work.
Strong communication and relationship building skills.
Knowledge of safeguarding and appropriate training
Ability to support youth leadership and participation.
Commitment to a strengths based and trauma informed approach and to working with a counsellor to support session design and delivery.
Competent using Microsoft software

Desirable

JNC qualification.
Mental Health First Aid training.
Experience of outreach youth work.
Knowledge of local services in and around Southport
Knowledge of Sefton’s approach to safeguarding

Youth Worker