Voice & Influence Worker – Young Influencer (4 posts)

Community Youth Services are delighted to be recruiting to four new posts to support their direct voice and influence work with care experienced children and young people in the city.

We are looking for four enthusiastic care experienced young people who have recent personal experience of being in care with a passion for improving things for Sheffield care experienced children and young people. These roles are flexible at 4 hours per week and potential opportunities for occasional additional hours as the project and work grows.

You will have full access training and support to develop and learn in the role. Each post will be well supported by Community Youth Services and flexible with an opportunity to choose areas you are especially passionate about.

As a Young Influencer you will have the opportunity to:

Work alongside Community Youth Services staff, supporting activities with children looked after and care leavers to help them to share their views, opinions and experiences.
Help share the views of care experienced young people in a young person friendly way through newsletters, websites, and social media.
Share your own views and experiences in training exercises.
Give your own views in interview panels to recruit social care professionals, alongside other care leavers, foster carers and other professionals.
Share your experiences and give feedback on young person friendly action plans by participating in small meetings with service managers supported Community Youth Services staff.

To find out more information please contact Sarah Stevens on sarah.stevens@sheffield.gov.uk or 07970 251652 or Clare Humberstone on 01142288553 or clare.humberstone@sheffield.gov.uk

To get support around completing an application form or interview skills please contact your Personal Advisor if you have one or the Leaving Care Service.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.