Job summary
Relationship & Sex Education (RSE) Educator
Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated RSE Educator to join our innovative team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about education, youth work, health promotion and supporting young people to thrive.
Working alongside our RSE Co-ordinator, you will deliver engaging, evidence-based RSE sessions in schools across Barnsley. You will:
- Deliver lessons and small-group sessions
- Provide targeted interventions
- Support young people aged 11-18 to build confidence, resilience, recognise risk and develop healthy relationships
You will help deliver programmes that:
- Reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Prevent underage conceptions
- Raise awareness of substance misuse
- Improve emotional wellbeing
- Tackle health inequalities
Every session has the potential to positively influence a young person's future.
Main duties of the job
About You
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience working with young people
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Creativity, enthusiasm and drive
- An interest in education, youth work, public health, safeguarding or community engagement
This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain transferable skills for careers in teaching, youth work, social work, public health and health promotion, while working within a supportive team focused on prevention and early intervention.
Working hours are generally within the school day (8.00am-3.30pm) approx
For any further information, please contact:Mark Robinsonmark.robinson@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Time for you day (additional day off)
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Details
- Date posted: 15 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata (term time only)
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Term time hours
- Reference number: 847-RM-26-V888
- Job locations: Barnsley Sexual Health Service, Sackville St, Barnsley, S70 5RD, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Other areas of work will involve delivering targeted group work and one-to-one interventions and support with lesson resource preparation. The post holder will collate and input the base line data collected from RSE lessons to ensure progress and learning. Successful candidates will have a drive to improve health equality for young people and understand ways of delivering resilience promoting messages.
Person specification
Application Form
Essential
- Relevant Level 3 Qualifications for example, A levels, level 3 NVQ, advanced apprenticeship or substantial relevant experience in youth work/healthcare. Plus, experience in sexual health and the intellectual ability to undertake the role.
- Relationships and Sexual health Education in schools and the wider community
- Experience of working with groups of young people in diverse settings including the hard to reach and those with specific learning needs.
- Excellent communication skills, especially with young people, professionals, and underrepresented groups.
- Post qualification experience in a formal or an informal education set-ting (school/college/youth work) Experience of working with a variety of professionals providing support and education.
Desirable
- Awareness of statutory Relationship, Sex and Health Education legislation. . Understanding public health and education policy around health inequalities and complex vulnerabilities.
- NVQ level 3 in Health or equivalent qualification in healthcare.
- Ability to use ICT including online platforms such as Microsoft 365/Teams and zoom. Email, the Internet, word processing, PowerPoint, spreadsheets, databases, and smart boards
- Diverse youth work: different client groups different settings different styles Working within a PSHE curriculum Previous health promotion experience working with young people.
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