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The youth team leader role provides strategic and operational leadership to the youth team. You willlead a small youth team who will providehighquality, inclusive and accessible Youth work support to our children and young people, and their families across West Yorkshire. The role contributes to achieve our aim of supporting families. We want children and young people to have access to opportunities and to feel safe, supported and proud of who they are, inspiring them to learn, grow and develop. 

Your team will ensure that children, young people and families will be engaged through outreach, group work, one to one support, community development and work closely with our other teams and partners on projects.

The role will involve you being brave, creative, and contributing to service development. You and your team will establish and maintain a range of new partnerships in support of your work including the team funders, education services and other agencies set up to support children and young people across West Yorkshire to improve their offers to Gypsy and Traveller communities. 

You will be the first point of contact for safeguarding for your team, working closely with your team and families with any complex issues. The role will involve working with management and senior leadership team on strategic projects and meetings, involving our children, young people and families in these.