The Role
Flexible hours available (part time or full time) so you can find the balance that works for you. This is a permanent position where you'll play a key role in delivering impactful youth services and supporting a dedicated team.
Salary
£37,167 - £41,184 (pro rata, hours and experience dependent)
What we offer
5 weeks holiday (pro rata)
NEST employer pension scheme
High-quality clinical supervision
Ongoing training and development opportunities
The Senior Youth Worker will work directly alongside young people, particularly those who ae more marginalised or "harder to reach" offering consistent support, encouragement and belief in their potential.
Key Responsibilities; (Relationship based Youth Work)
Delivery & Outreach - support and deliver outreach work, community based drop-ins and detached youth work. Driving licence required.
Facilitate group work across a range of themes including wellbeing, identity, belonging, aspiration.
Contribute to intergenerational and community based projects that strengthen connection and understanding.
Support delivery of community events and preventative wellbeing initiatives.
Creativity & Programme Development - bring creativity and fresh thinking to develop activities and approaches that resonate with young people.
Shape and adapt programmes in response to young people's voices and lived experiences
Explore new ways of engaging young people that create lasting, meaningful impact.
Leadership & Team Support - Guide and support to junior staff and/or volunteers
Model excellent youth work practice grounded in empathy, boundaries and reflective practice
Contribute to team learning, reflection and continuous improvement.
About You
You are someone who genuinely cares about young people, about fairness and about creating spaces where people feel safe to be themselves.
You will bring - proven experience working with young people aged 11-25yrs, particularly those who may feel excluded, marginalised or unheard.
A strong ability to build authentic, trusting relationships
High levels of empathy, emotional intelligence and self-awareness
Confidence in holding a space for young people's emotions without judgement or agenda
Resilience, warmth, and a calm presence, even in challenging moments
A belief in young people's potential even when they struggle to see it themselves
Be a self-starter who can work independently while being a supportive team member
Share TAB's values around safeguarding, ethics and the wellbeing of young people and communities.
Our Approach
The ABC Model - Everything we do at TAB is shaped by our ABC model. It is not a framework that lives on paper it's how we build intentional communities and design every project and service we offer.
Act - We believe real change starts with looking after ourselves. Act is about personal wellbeing, mental health, self awareness and having the tools to support yourself and others to act on our strengths.
Belong - Everyone deserves to feel safe, seen and valued. Belong is about creating spaces where connection can grow, where young people feel they matter and where community isn't forced, it's felt.
Commit - We give back. We show up. We care about our place and our people. Commit is about taking responsibility for our community and choosing to invest time, energy and heart into making it better and inspire the next generation to do the same.
TAB exists to create intentional communities, and the ABC model is at the core of that mission.
If you are invited for interview, we'll ask you to share a project or idea you would create if successful in this role, inspired by the ABC model. It doesn't need to be perfect or fully formed, we're far more interested in your thinking, your values and your passion.
Bring something real. Bring Heart. We'll take that over polished any day.
Why Join The Abingdon Bridge ?
By joining TAB, you will become part of a passionate, reflective and supportive team that values creativity, learning and human connection. We will invest in you through high quality supervision, training and the freedom to innovate. This is a role for someone who wants to do youth work with heart, someone who understands that real change starts with trust, time and being truly present.
How to Apply
Please email your CV and a heartfelt covering letter telling us why this role speaks to you and how your experience aligns with this role . Email to [email protected]
Closing date 27th May 2026.
We warmly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation.
We won't pretend AI doesn't exist, we've used it ourselves. But the people behind it are very real, passionate and genuinely committed to supporting the young people of Abingdon, Feel free to use AI if it helps, but don't lose your own voice. We'd much rather see a rough-around- the- edges application that shows heart and passion than something perfectly polished but soulless.
Pay: £37,167.00-£41,184.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
