Youth Participation Worker - Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom - The Five Lamps Organisation

The Five Lamps Organisation

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Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Location:
'The Youthy', Thornaby, Stockton

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Tees (primarily) may be needed for external community events.

Hours:6.5 hours per week (Tuesday's 17:00 - 20:30 and Friday's 17:00 - 20:00)

Responsible to:
Youth Inclusion Manager

Salary Scale:
£10.42 per hour

Job Purpose:

To support young people and adults with additional needs and broad range of disabilities in a variety of engaging activities within a youth club setting, and also to support community events to promote our services.

Contract Period:
Permanent

Duties & Responsibilities

To improve the quality of life of young people (some of which who display challenging behaviour), by actively encouraging participation and involvement in coordinated activities and events
To improve the quality of life of young people and Adults with a broad range of disabilities, by actively encouraging participation and involvement in coordinated activities and events
To build positive relationships with young people to encourage positive outcomes which effect a lasting change
To lead specific activities and workshops, including their planning, resourcing, accreditation and quality assurance
To support the development and promotion of an annual programme of activities and special events for young people
To measure the quality of services provided and their outputs, keeping appropriate detailed records and producing highquality reports and performance data in an agreed format
To promote the work of Five Lamps, raising the level of involvement of young people in community initiatives and integrating young people into other Five Lamps' projects
To assist in the day to day operation of 'The Youthy' and any other centre from which services to young people may be delivered
To engage with young people in the local community, sign posting to Five Lamps 'The Youthy' and other partnership projects across the Stockton Borough
To maintain the highest standards of customer confidentiality at all times
To demonstrate a commitment towards your own continuous personal development
To monitor and maintain quality throughout the different areas of the service in relation to the external quality standards and inspection bodies and organisations
To interface and make referrals to other Five Lamps projects
To implement Five Lamps' policies on Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities at all times
To undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required within the scope of the post