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Youth Worker
Show up for young people when nobody else does
€22k–€42k Demand: Medium
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Volunteer with a youth club, sports team or charity targeting young people.
Relationship building
Group work
Safeguarding
What the work is really like
Youth workers build relationships with young people — especially those who are disengaged, at risk or excluded — through informal education, activities and trusted adult presence.
1Doing nothing in particular with a teenager — which is sometimes exactly what they need
2Running a session on a topic the group didn't think they'd care about
3Being the first person a young person has told something to
4Advocating for a young person in a meeting full of adults
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Skills to develop
Relationship building
Group work
Safeguarding
Informal education
Resilience
Report writing
Estimated to job-ready: ~6 months of focused effort.
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