Thank you for considering a Youth Worker role with Redthread. We are a team of compassionate, collaborative and courageous professionals, committed to empowering young people to change their lives.  

As a Youth Worker based at King’s College Hospital, you will be working as part of the King’s Adolescent Outreach Service (KAOS), acting as an advocate for young people, and working with medical and surgical teams to support and engage young people in age-appropriate ways. You will hold a caseload of young people staying on adult and paediatric wards, outpatient settings and in the community once discharged.

To succeed in this role, you need to be a people person; passionate about supporting young people, who advocates for a trauma-informed approach for the team and for the young people we support. You’ll have extensive experience working with young people who are vulnerable, an understanding of the impact that youth work can have, and a good understanding of the support eco-system they need. Resilience, self-reflection and flexibility are all essential to this role in Redthread and you will participate regularly in clinical supervision to broaden your practice and emotional literacy.

You must also be a skilled communicator: as comfortable building a relationship with a young person as you are liaising with our clinical colleagues.  You’ll be keen to keep learning, seizing training opportunities at Redthread and continuously reflecting upon and improving your practice.

During the Covid-19 outbreak, our teams are still working from the hospitals as we are classed as essential workers. You will need to do shifts at the hospital, as well as working some days from home, depending on the needs of the team and the service.

 In return, the successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, a supportive and flexible working environment, excellent staff training and development package and access to a range of employee benefits including; enhanced annual leave and family leave entitlements, employer pension scheme contribution, access to clinical supervisions, enhanced employee assistance programme services and more. 

As this role requires an NHS honorary contract and Redthread benefits, you’ll also have unique access to generous NHS discounts and blue light schemes.

The offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory pre-employment checks, which include meeting any applicable legal vaccination requirements, unless medically exempt, as set by the CQC. Redthread is not a Home Office-licensed visa sponsor; evidence of the right to work in the UK will need to be provided at the Interview stage. 

How to apply:
For a full Job description and person specification, please download the job pack from our website: https://www.redthread.org.uk/join-the-team/

• Applications deadline: 10 am, Wednesday 28th September 2022

• First-stage in person interviews: Wednesday 5th October 2022

• Second-stage in person interviews: Monday 10th October

If we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.