Position: SSF Youth Worker

(Working at SSF Twilight Multi Sport session)

Hours: Friday Evenings: 6:45pm - 9:15pm (2.5 hours/week)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £14.01

Responsible to: SSF Regional Manager (North Ayrshire)

Based: North Ayrshire(specifically Saltcoats - St Mathews Academy)

Closing Date-17thSeptember

Application Type- CV and Cover Letter

Role Overview

As an SSF Youth Worker, you will be responsible for leading community youth work in a physical activity setting. You will build trusted, consistent relationships with young people, creating safe and inclusive spaces for engagement. You will deliver purposeful youth work content that supports young people’s issues in their community, their personal development, wellbeing, and leadership skills, ensuring their voice, choice, and lived experience are central to all sessions and interactions

Key Responsibilities

As a key member of SSF’s place-based Twilight sessions, you will take a lead role in delivering high-quality youth work, building trusted and consistent relationships with children and young people. You will design and deliver engaging, person-centred youth work sessions that combine sport, physical activity, and informal education, tailored to the needs and experiences of the local community. Working closely with the Youth Development Coordinator, you will carefully plan and evaluate sessions to ensure they are appropriate, effective, and provide meaningful opportunities for young people’s personal, social, and emotional development. You will support young people to have a voice in shaping activities and programme content, empowering them to make decisions and develop leadership skills. In addition to direct delivery, you will contribute to the wider planning, delivery, and evaluation of the Twilight sessions, helping to identify individual and group needs and supporting pathways for progression and development. You will work collaboratively with the wider team to maintain consistent, high-quality provision, while upholding safeguarding, health and safety, and organisational policies at all times. The role also involves participating in ongoing training, supervision, and professional development to continually enhance your practice and ensure that the programme delivers a safe, inclusive, and impactful experience for all young people

Vacancies - Scottish Sports Futures

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 17th September. Any help to get the word out would be greatly appreciated.

Date published: 27 August 2026
Date updated: 27 August 2026

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