The £3,000 Youth Jobs Grant: a plain guide for employers in Wales
For employers. Who qualifies for the Youth Jobs Grant, when it pays, how to apply, and how it adds to the other savings on hiring young people in 2026.
Launching first in Wrexham
Your first job starts here.
Jobsee connects young people with their first opportunity: part-time jobs, apprenticeships, full-time roles and work experience that fit your age, your hours and what you’re into.
Free for young people, always One application, every first step
Designed for both sides of the opportunity
Which are you?
For young peopleI’m looking for workPart-time jobs, apprenticeships, full-time roles and work experience that fit your age, your hours and what you are into.Find your first step For employersI’m hiringAdvertise early-career roles and receive complete, relevant applications from young people near you.Meet young talent
How it works
Three steps. One application.
Most job sites start with a CV you do not have. Jobsee starts with what you could see yourself doing.
Choose what you’re into
Tap the kinds of work you could see yourself doing, from barista to electrician. No forms, no wrong answers.
Build one application
Jobsee asks only what those employers look at, and turns sport, caring and side hustles into words employers understand.
Apply in a tap
Send the parts that matter for each job, answer the employer’s questions once, and track every application in one place.
Work that lasts
Hands-on, human jobs that are hard to automate.
Care, hospitality, skilled trades, sport and more: real routes in for young people, in sectors where people still make the difference.
Hospitality & foodPeople come back for people. A good welcome, a good coffee and a kitchen that runs on time are made by hand.Explore Health & careCare is human work. Helping someone wash, eat, laugh and feel safe is not something software does.Explore Skilled trades & apprenticeshipsWiring a home, fitting a heat pump or welding a frame happens on site, with your hands. The UK needs far more people who can do it.Explore RetailSelf-checkouts took the tills, not the people. Shops still run on someone who knows the stock and helps a customer find the right thing.Explore Sport, fitness & leisureTeaching a child to swim or keeping a pool safe needs a qualified person standing right there.Explore Childcare & teaching supportChildren need adults who notice them. Nurseries, after-school clubs and classrooms are people places.Explore
For employers
Applicants who arrive ready to start.
Post early-career roles and receive complete, relevant applications from young people near you.
Applications arrive complete: availability, certificates and checks for your sector, and answers to your questions.
Every employer will be checked before they can post, and under-18s will get extra protection. Safety parents and young people can trust.
Founding Employers post free during the Wrexham pilot, with help getting the first roles live.
Pilot
Launching in Wrexham, built with young people and local employers.
We are starting small on purpose: a pilot in Wrexham, North Wales, with students, local colleges and Founding Employers. No made-up reviews here. When the first young people get hired through Jobsee, you will hear it from them.
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Help & FAQs
Questions, answered.
Is it free?
Yes, always. Young people never pay to use Jobsee. Employers pay for some features later; you never do.
I have no work experience. Is that a problem?
No. Most people your age have not had a job yet. The application builder asks about things you have actually done, like sport, clubs, volunteering, caring for family or a side hustle, and helps you describe them in the words employers use.
How do you keep young people safe?
Safety is being built in from the start. When accounts open, employers will be checked before they can post, and profiles will be private: employers will only see an application when your young person chooses to apply. Under-18s will get extra protection, including no public profiles and contact that stays inside Jobsee.
What does it cost to post a job?
Founding Employers in the Wrexham pilot post for free during the introductory period. Paid features come later and are optional.
Real Opportunities. Brighter Futures.
Your first step starts here.
Join the waitlist for the Wrexham pilot. It takes under a minute.