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Amaze seeks Amazing Futures Youth Worker

22nd June 2026

Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive?  We are looking for an experienced youth worker to join our small but growing and brilliant team, to help young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to have fun, try new things, make friends and prepare for adulthood.

 

Youth Worker

  • 1 year fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension
  • 21 hours per week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Applicants must be available to work evenings on these days as part of their contracted hours.
  • Working out of Amaze’s Brighton office and at different venues across the city
  • + 5% pension, pro-rata 26 days annual leave a year, + extra 3 days at Christmas + Public Holidays
  • Other staff benefits include flexible, family and carer-friendly working, support for staff health and wellbeing, learning and development, and access to discounts schemes

 

The role will guide and support young people with SEND aged 14-25 in their personal, social and educational development to help them access and develop opportunities and resources and to facilitate positive change.  It will enable young people to be more involved in their community, to explore and understand their ideas, values and beliefs, to improve their confidence and to develop their life skills.

 

You will be a natural at connecting, and building a rapport, with young people, at supporting youth-led participation and you will be driven by a true passion for making a difference in young people’s lives.

 

We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve.

  • We want to employ staff who have lived experience of disability themselves and/or as a parent/carer of a child, young person or adult with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), and have an excellent understanding of the issues faced by SEND families
  • We particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities.

 

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You are warmly encouraged to contact us for an information discussion about the role – call 01273 234020 or email [email protected] to arrange.