Youth & Community Worker- Bishops Castle - Hereford, United Kingdom - Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance

Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance

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Hereford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in this role.

We are looking for a Youth & Community Worker with a heart for rural communities and walking alongside young people, to work under the leadership of our Youth Pioneer as part of our Bishops Castle Youth Hub.

You will be able to creatively develop a local youth & community ministry programme, supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people, developing relationships with local schools and community groups, and contributing to developing church with and for young people in Bishops Castle and the surrounding areas.

Through youth and families work and growing an informal community of young people where faith can be shared, you will enable young people, often for the first time, to begin to explore their own spirituality and faith journeys.

This is an exciting time for our diocese as you will be enabling young people, often without any other connection to church, to connect with God and explore faith as part of a growing network of Youth Hubs across South Shropshire and Herefordshire.

If you are passionate about community outreach, rural schools ministry, sharing the Good News of Jesus through action and words and joining in with what God is doing through our local churches and communities in this beautiful part of the world, we would love to hear from you

St.

John's Bishop's Castle is an Inclusive Church committed to welcoming all and we are committed to supporting this new and emerging ministry in our community.

The role will be focussed on relational youth work, schools and school transition ministry, families ministry and rural evangelism.

You will be someone who is sensitive to local context, able to sensitively work alongside local community leaders and groups, and with a deep understanding of supporting mental health and wellbeing in young people.

We are excited about how God has been at work in our communities and we are ready to support and work alongside you as you join us and we follow Jesus together

Job Purpose:

To initiate and lead a Christian Youth & Community Work programme, connected with a New Worshipping Community, in collaboration with local parishes with a focus on schools and families engagement, mental health & wellbeing and exploring faith within wider community/family networks.

To oversee the Youth & Community Work connected to the Bishops Castle Youth Hub, enabling young people to begin journeys of faith.

Youth Hubs will have a focus on:

Reaching young people with the Gospel
Developing new young active disciples
Forming of New Worshipping Communities
Growing Young Leaders
Developing new volunteer leaders and teams Dimensions: Overseeing the development of a Youth & Community Work programme as part of Bishops Castle Youth Hub and the development of local leadership teams.

Accountabilities:

Under the leadership of the Youth Pioneer, develop a programme of work that connects with young people in the local area and builds relationships. based on local opportunities and building on existing ministry in the Bishops Castle area.
Develop a significant ministry amongst nonchurched young people using MYCN principles and lessons learned from other missional youth churches through evangelism and outreach.
Communicate and collaborate with key local stake holders.

These will include:

Young people aged 1118 and their families.
Schools, Messy Churches and Youth Work in the area
Clergy/leadership teams/PCCs
Local Community leaders
Enable, grow and lead local teams of volunteers in schools work, families work, Messy Church and detached youth work.
Work alongside Missional Youth Church Network to begin to prayerfully build understanding, team and vision for the Learning Journey and Missional Youth Church within the Bishops Castle Hub area.
Facilitate opportunities for young people to be reached with the Gospel and support volunteer teams to create opportunities for faith dialogue and first steps in faith, such as wellbeing and spirituality groups, Sacred/Prayer Spaces in school, Youth residentials, Youth Evangelism courses etc.
Keep accurate records and work towards the identified outcomes of the local Youth Hub, submitting monthly reports. Work Collaboratively with the Cinnamon Network and the Church Army Research Unit in order to enable evaluation and research for shared learning within the diocese and nationally.

Work alongside the Diocesan Communication Team to share learning and good news stories.

- To be part of local and diocesan learning community networks in order to enable the sharing of good practice and strategic development of Pioneer Youth Ministry within Hereford Diocese.

With the support of the Line Manager, to set aside time for reflection and personal faith and professional development as appropriate. Undertake outside Pastoral Supervision, coaching and Spiritual Accompaniment as appropriate, modelling ministerial development for local leaders.

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