ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Youth Group Worker to join our team at CancerCare. This role supports children and young people affected by cancer, bereavement, and sudden or traumatic loss. You will help deliver a peer-led support model built on five years of action research, fostering emotional resilience, social skills, and confidence among the young people we serve.
Young voices are central to this service—you will empower them to shape our programmes, support each other, and develop their leadership in peer support settings.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• In conjunction with the young people, plan, deliver and develop children’s and youth services, including activities like games, arts, sports, baking and wellbeing sessions for groups of young people aged 12 - 17 in Barrow.
• Facilitate group and one-to-one discussions around wellbeing and emotional support
• Lead peer support groups and youth panels, empowering young people to shape service delivery, contribute to decision making and have a platform for their views, feeding this information into the Youth Group Leader in Morecambe/Lancaster.
• Build relationships with other organisations for signposting and collaborative opportunities for CYP
• Monitor attendance and engagement, capturing outcomes using our internal database
• Ensure safeguarding protocols are followed and risk assessments are conducted for all activities
• Collect feedback from young people and families to help evaluate and improve services
• Support wider outreach through community events and school engagement in partnership with our Engagement & Development Team
• Shape future youth provision at CancerCare and work to develop and support wider initiatives

MEETINGS & ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Attend regular staff meetings and training sessions
• Participate in monthly supervision with the Head of Development & Engagement
• Carry out other duties as required by the Executive Leadership Team