Advertised from 22 August 2025

Role

We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated individual who will play a key role in developing and delivering a program of youth work activities for children and young people (primarily aged 8-11) across West Dunbartonshire. 

Your role will involve creating play, learning and wellbeing activities for those aged 8-12 years, to help support them in developing friendships, learning new skills and have fun. This will be delivered all year round including supporting our current youth club, group and holiday provision. 

You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping children & young people to overcome challenges and /or barriers working towards goals to improve their confidence, skills and personal growth, especially as they transition from Primary to High School.

You will be plan, deliver and lead a wide variety of high quality workshops or play-based activities for children & young people, creating a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment, which will promote physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.

Your role will involve working closely with family members, schools, partner agencies by building quality relationships with children and families. You will create and strengthen links between children, young people and their wider community by connecting families to other support services.

The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Planet Youth Work programme including overnight stays.  

You will be directly managed by Y sort it Planet Youth Management Team.

Application notes

An application pack is available for download below.

Application deadline: 14th September 2025

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