Youth Connect South West (YCSW) is a young people's charity in Bath and North East Somerset. We provide a range of services to support young people to enjoy today, prepare for tomorrow, and become the people they want to be.
We are seeking an experienced and committed Area Youth Worker to lead, shape and improve youth work across a defined geographical area, ensuring that provision is high quality, responsive to local need, and rooted in strong youth work practice.
The role brings together professional leadership and operational management to ensure that youth work in each locality is safe, consistent, and impactful. This includes identifying where provision is needed, supporting teams to deliver excellent practice, and building strong local relationships that sustain and grow youth work.
The post holder acts as the key link between organisational priorities and local delivery, ensuring that youth work across the area enables young people to be safe, be heard, belong, and grow.
We are an independent, non-profit charity dedicated to supporting young people across Bath, Somerset and beyond. We provide a wide range of opportunities for 11–25-year-olds, offering both universal and targeted support to help them thrive – whether that’s through youth work, 1:1 mentoring, careers advice or bespoke educational provision.
Our services are as varied as the young people we support. Alongside open-access youth spaces like our Bath City Centre Youth Space, Radstock Youth Hub and Southside Youth Centre, we deliver dynamic Alternative Education programmes for those who are unable to access mainstream education. These flexible and person-centred courses offer a vital route back into learning for young people experiencing anxiety, mental health challenges, disrupted schooling, or a loss of confidence in traditional education.