Youth Services Convener

About the job

Key information

Required: As soon as possible

Hours: 25 hours per week, all year round

Salary:  £21,662 (actual, FTE £32,061)

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people?

What will I be doing?

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape youth services across Chard, Ilminster, and Crewkerne. As Youth Services Convener, you will play a pivotal role in creating a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable programme of activities that reflects the needs and aspirations of local young people. Working closely with schools, community organisations, and local councils, you’ll help build strong partnerships and deliver services that truly matter.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

We’re looking for someone with energy, creativity, and a commitment to social justice who can inspire and engage young people while driving forward a vision for high-quality youth provision. If you have experience in youth work, excellent communication skills, and the ability to develop innovative solutions, we’d love to hear from you. This is your chance to make a lasting impact and help shape the future for young people in our community.

DBS check

DBS check required.

Supporting documents and information

Please note this is a fixed term post until August 2028

CLOSING DATE: 9am on Friday 30 January 2026

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.

Data Protection Act: Information held by Blackdown Education Partnership complies with and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, the information you have provided in the ‘Personal Details’ section will be used for payroll purposes and may be disclosed to the Inland Revenue. It will be disclosed within the school for security and administration.

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