Youth Worker - Aston, United Kingdom - As-Suffa Institute

As-Suffa Institute

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Aston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Lead on and deliver number of youth activities - boxing, football and general youth club /retreats.

Key responsibilities:

Take day to day responsibility for updating assessments and plans
Provide individual support to young people
Facilitate and lead on group sessions
Be responsible for formulating and implementing our summer youth programme.
Work flexibly, including evenings and some weekends (20 hours per week)

General Responsibilities:

Support young people to reflect on progress and achieve good outcomes
Identify, support and prepare young people to participate in other participation opportunities within the community.
Identify, support and prepare young people to participate in youth provision beyond this Project to steer policy, plans and reports
Have the ability to support, challenge and actively involve young people, families or professionals appropriately and successfully support processes to match young people to volunteer mentors

About you:

You will need to be able to:

Work creatively and flexibility
Be values driven and offer relational support
Be available to young people to discuss worries, celebrate achievements and have positive impact on their life
Identify the needs of young people after referral and hold a caseload of young people who require support
Engage young people, understand their starting points, and support them to take ownership of their hopes and plans
Keep accurate records especially relating to the safety and wellbeing of young people and capturing their progress and achievements

Who are you?

A creative and determined individual who is passionate about doing the right thing for young people.
You want to work with young people on their realities and recognise their feelings, strengths and choices.
You have a strong sense of your own identity and want to reassure young people by building stable relationships
You believe in young people and you want to empower young people to gain the skills and selfbelief they need to redefine their futures.

What we offer:

The Trust continues to reward its staff with competitive pay rates and a number of employee benefits including holidays, free parking and access to educational courses

Job Types:
Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 months

Part-time hours: 20 per week

Salary:
£12.60 per hour

Benefits: