Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Detached Youth Team Leader

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Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2027.

Term: Part Time.

Salary: £27,391 p.a. – £30,103 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20.

Hours per week: 10 Hours Per Week (Including Evening and Some Weekends).

Reporting to: Line Manager.

Location: Dovecot.

MYA is a charity dedicated to providing innovative support and opportunities for young people across Merseyside. By placing children and young people at the centre of everything they do, they make every journey personal.

Their experienced team are committed to creating impact that spreads out into the community – opening eyes, minds and possibilities far and wide.

MYA requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Detached Youth Work Team Leader who brings creativity, energy, and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.

The post holder will lead a small team of detached youth workers to engage and build respectful, honest, challenging, and supportive relationships with young people including those who may previously have had little contact with services and may be hard to reach.

The role will include the co-ordination of planning for co-designed programmes developed with and for young people who present with complex issues and behaviours which may include anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, offending and significant risk taking.