Role: Youth Resilience and Wellbeing Delivery Lead
Reports to: Programme Lead
Responsible to: Head of Services
Base: Unit 1, Whitegates Enterprise Park, Killeavy Road, Newry, BT35 6UA
Hours: 30 hours per week
Salary: £28,275 pro-rata (based on FTE of 37.5 hours)
Benefits:
- Pension: 6% employer contribution (subject to conditions)
- Annual Leave: 25 days per annum + 11 statutory holidays (pro-rata)
- Health Care: Axa Business Care (subject to conditions)
To apply for this role please email completed application forms to [email protected] by 12pm Noon on Monday 8 June 2026
Application forms can be downloaded at Community NI using the following link:
https://www.communityni.org/job/youth-resilience-and-wellbeing-delivery-lead-fixed-term-until-31-august-2027-0
The Youth Resilience & Wellbeing Delivery Lead will be responsible for the frontline delivery, practice leadership and participant experience of Bolster Community’s “No Filters” Social and Emotional Support Programme funded through Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s PEACEPLUS Strand 2 – Thriving and Peaceful Communities programme. Working under the direction of the Programme Lead, the postholder will lead the direct delivery of high-quality resilience and wellbeing programmes for young people aged 12–18 across 21 programmes delivered throughout the seven District Electoral Areas of Newry, Mourne and Down. The postholder will be responsible for delivering safe, engaging, trauma-informed and youth-centred interventions that support emotional wellbeing, resilience, digital safety, confidence, empathy and positive peer relationships, while promoting meaningful cross-community engagement. This role holds responsibility for practice quality, participant engagement, session delivery, safeguarding in delivery settings and collection of programme evidence. Responsibility for contract management, budget oversight, strategic partnerships and funder reporting remains with the Programme Lead.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Programme Delivery
- Lead delivery of structured resilience and wellbeing sessions across multiple community venues, youth clubs and sports clubs.
- Deliver engaging, youth-centred workshops.
- Facilitate group discussions, experiential activities, team challenges and reflective learning exercises.
- Adapt session content and delivery methods to meet the needs, interests and developmental stages of participants.
- Support delivery of shared learning events, day trips and district-wide celebration activities.
Young People & Relationship Building
- Build positive, trusted relationships with young people that encourage engagement, participation and personal growth.
- Create safe, inclusive and trauma-informed learning environments.
- Promote inclusion, empathy and positive peer relationships across diverse backgrounds.
- Encourage meaningful cross-community participation and relationship building.
Practice Leadership
- Model high-quality youth engagement and facilitation practice.
- Support and mentor sessional facilitators, volunteers or placement staff involved in delivery.
- Contribute to ongoing programme development and adaptation based on participant feedback and emerging needs.
- Share best practice, reflective learning and delivery improvements with the wider programme team.
Safeguarding & Wellbeing
- Maintain day-to-day safeguarding responsibility during delivery sessions and escalate all concerns to the Programme Lead.
- Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns, disclosures, emotional distress or behavioural incidents.
- Ensure all safeguarding concerns are recorded and escalated in line with organisational procedures.
- Maintain professional boundaries and uphold best practice in youth engagement.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
- Maintain accurate records of:
- Support completion of PEACEPLUS monitoring requirements, including entrance and exit questionnaires.
- Provide session updates, case studies, and participant outcomes to the Programme Lead.
- Contribute to evidence gathering for NMDDC and SEUPB reporting.
Health & Safety
- Ensure all activities are delivered safely and in line with risk assessments.
- Support safe management of venues, transport, outdoor activities, and day trips.
- Respond appropriately to accidents, incidents, or wellbeing concern
This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and may be reviewed in line with operational requirements and staffing needs.
Personnel Specification
Essential Criteria
- A minimum of Level 3 qualification in Youth Work, Community Development, Child Development, Education, or a related field.
- A minimum of 2 years previous experience of working directly with young people aged 12–18.
- Delivering group programmes with young people aged 11–18
- Youth engagement, facilitation, or community-based learning
- Supporting emotional wellbeing, resilience, inclusion, or personal development
- Managing safeguarding in youth or community settings.
- A sound understanding of the social and emotional needs of young people.
- Awareness of key issues affecting young people, including bullying (including online bullying), mental health, and peer relationships, is important.
- An understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion principles.
- Strong facilitation skills, alongside the ability to engage and motivate young people effectively.
- Creating a safe, inclusive, and participative learning environment.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to manage group dynamics and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour.
- Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage time effectively.
- Maintaining accurate records and following procedures.
- Enhanced AccessNI.
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work‑related travel.
- Flexibility to work evenings or weekends when required.
Desirable Criteria
- Degree level qualification in Youth Work, Community Development, Psychology, Education, or a related discipline.
- Training in areas such as mental health awareness, trauma-informed practice, bullying prevention, or digital safety.
- PEACE, PEACEPLUS, SEUPB, or other funded programmes
- Cross-community youth work in Northern Ireland
- Trauma-informed practice
- Restorative approaches
- Sports-based or experiential learning programmes
- Mental health promotion or wellbeing interventions
- Awareness of PEACEPLUS or similar funded programmes and their objectives.
- The ability to design and adapt session plans to meet diverse needs.
- Competence in digital tools to support online safety awareness and programme delivery.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: Up to £28,275.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
Work Location: In person
