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Youth Work Jobs and Opportunities

Be a part of something incredible by working in Scotland’s youth work sector. We list and promote job opportunities from across the sector, ranging from volunteering opportunities, support worker positions through to senior management and trustee positions. Looking for an ideal candidate to join your team? Submit your vacancy to us and we’ll do the rest.

As the collective voice of the youth work sector, we primarily share jobs aimed at youth workers, managers, senior appointments and job opportunities in the wider CLD and third sector in Scotland.

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Once we’ve received your vacancy submission, we’ll upload it to our website, promote it through our social media channels and include in our Youth Work Briefing, which goes out to around 1,000 subscribers every second Tuesday – sign up to our Youth Work Briefing.

Engagement and Training Officer
This role involves working collaboratively with individuals and organisations at local, national and international levels. The post holder will engage with communities, local authorities and businesses across Scotland to support the development of intergenerational activities, projects and communities.
  • Organisation:  Generations Working Together
  • Job title:  Engagement and Training Officer
  • Location:  Hybrid
  • Closing date:  22 January, 2026
  • Salary:  £30,060 to £31,067 (pro rata – scale dependant on experience)
  • Contract:  Part-time (21 hours per week). Permanent.
Youth Development Worker
The Youth Work Service in Dumfries and Galloway are offering an exciting opportunity for a Youth Development or Community Worker who has significant experience in working with young people to join an innovative and award-winning youth work team to lead the delivery of Youth Work Services within the Oasis Youth Centre and wider Dumfries area of Dumfries & Galloway with this permanent post.
  • Organisation:  Dumfries & Galloway Council
  • Job title:  Youth Development Worker
  • Location:  Dumfries
  • Closing date:  26 January, 2026
  • Salary:  £35,535 to £41,973
  • Contract:  Full-time (36 hours per week). Permanent.
CLD Support Worker (Detached) - 6 Posts
North Lanarkshire Council Community Learning and Development (CLD) is recruiting enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join their team as Youth Work Support Workers, with a focus on the delivery of detached youth work.
  • Organisation:  North Lanarkshire Council
  • Job title:  CLD Support Worker (Detached)
  • Location:  North Lanarkshire (Various Locations)
  • Closing date:  20 January, 2026
  • Salary:  £30,467 to £33,142 per year pro rata plus additional non-core hours payments
  • Contract:  Part-time (7 hours per week). These positions are temporary until 10/11/2027.
Project Worker (Maternity Cover)
The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people in their supported tenancy and in their local community to ensure that a young person’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
  • Organisation:  Rock Trust
  • Job title:  Project Worker (Maternity Cover)
  • Location:  Perth office, with occasional travel across Perth and Kinross.
  • Closing date:  16 January, 2026
  • Salary:  £25,295.92 to £28,487.30 per annum (depending on experience)
  • Contract:  Full-time (35 hours per week). Fixed term until 26th February 2027.