Project and Administrative Apprentice

Introduction

Youth Support Workers support young people aged 11–25 through informal education, promoting personal, social and educational development. They plan and deliver programmes, safeguard young people, collaborate with professionals, and may supervise volunteers or staff under the guidance of a qualified youth worker.

About the Employer

Westminster City Council believes in creating a place where people are born into a supportive and safe environment, grow and learn throughout their lives, build fantastic careers in world-leading industries, have access to high quality, affordable homes and retire into the community with dignity and pride.
We work together to adapt to the changing needs of our communities – resulting in a dynamic atmosphere where ambition, diversity and creativity are celebrated.

What You'll Do

Key Activities:

For the Bi-borough Families First Programme:

• Provide project and administrative support
• Help organise a whole Bi-Borough Family Services staff conference. This will include developing the agenda content and format, booking the venue, preparing any materials, coordinating speakers, and circulating any pre and post event information to participants
• Manage the booking of rooms and calendar
• Meet the programme lead to set the agenda for meeting, draft and circulate the agenda
• Manage any changes to the dates of the meetings and book meeting rooms. (NB. dates and venues already booked but any changes will need to be managed)
• Support prep of PowerPoint master slides for each meeting, in conjunction with programme team (Ben and Sophie)
• Circulate meeting papers in advance of the meeting
• Use AI to create a meeting summary and circulate afterwards

Support workshop planning and delivery by:

• Booking venues and manging calendars
• Support evaluation and sending out questionnaires
• Support recording discussions to ensure participants voices are heard
• Writing up the outputs and analysing them, to ensure participants’ voices are fed back
• Supporting preparation of PowerPoint master slides to help structure work stream meetings

Training Outcome

• Career progression generally involves advancing to senior practitioner roles, moving into management, or specialising in fields like youth justice, mental health, or education

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working

Course Information

Course: Youth support worker (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Care services

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Westminster City Council offers an agile, supportive hybrid environment combining office-based and remote working. Shifts to be confirmed.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Training Provider: BLUE SKY ASSESSING & CONSULTANCY LTD