Salary: £34,434 to £38,220 per annum

Grade: I

Contract: Fixed Term contract until 31st March 2027

Hours: 37 (can be flexible)

Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Are you passionate about helping young people realise their potential? Do you thrive on building relationships, finding creative solutions and supporting young people to overcome barriers? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated professional to join the Personalised Learning College (PLC) Post 16, and play a key role in shaping the future of young people aged 16-24 who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET).

About us

The YOU CHOOSE project is seeking to appoint a 1 FTE Key Worker based in Scarborough. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexibility in their working pattern. While the role is ideally full-time, we are open to discussing part-time hours or other flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

The project is to empower young people to achieve their aspirations by providing personalised guidance and targeted interventions that support progression into education, employment, or training.

Every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed. As a You Choose Key Worker, you will play a vital role in helping young people who are furthest from learning and employment to build confidence, develop skills, and take positive next steps towards their future

About The role

The role involves assessing individual needs, developing holistic action plans and addressing barriers through tailored advice, signposting to specialist services and wellbeing support. Alongside one-to-one engagement, the postholder delivers group workshops to build employability skills and confidence, while fostering effective partnerships and monitoring progress to ensure positive outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys taking initiative, building partnerships, and working creatively to support young people to achieve positive destinations. You will have the freedom to shape support around individual needs while being part of a supportive and experienced team.

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Passionate about inclusive education and empowering young people to achieve their goals.

• Knowledgeable about progression opportunities and confident in supporting young people into education, employment, training or work experience.

• Skilled and experienced in engaging, motivating, and supporting young people with a range of needs and backgrounds.

• Organised, proactive, and solution-focused, with a genuine commitment to helping young people overcome barriers to success.

• Resilient and confident working in a fast-paced, sometimes challenging environment.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who are self-motivated, adaptable, and confident working independently while building strong relationships with young people and partners

It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.

Interview Process for Key Worker Roles

Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a half-day interview process, including a series of case study exercises where they will be asked to discuss how they would respond to scenarios commonly encountered in the role, followed by a formal interview

To find out more about working on this project, please contact Sophie Speciale at sophie.speciale@northyorks.gov.uk

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Key dates

Closing date: 2nd August 2026

Total rewards

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.