Youth Mentor - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Remedi - Restorative Services

Remedi - Restorative Services

Verified Company

Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PROFILE

The role will be based across Sheffield and expenses are covered but
you will need to drive and have access to your own vehicle.

You will be providing Youth Mentoring Services for children and young people aged 10-17 referred via Sheffield Youth Justice Service, with the aim of reducing criminalisation of children who are in, or on the periphery of the criminal justice system.

You will provide:
Mentoring interventions will include a combination of one-to-one work (based on the individual needs of the child) on the following:

Effective communication
Victim impact and awareness
Restorative choices
Offence impact awareness
Empathic thinking skills
Consequential thinking skills
Relationship based work around resolving conflict
Domestic abuse/Violence awareness (where assessed as appropriate)

Your objectives will be:
To reduce criminalisation of children.

To encourage children to participate.

To challenge children's thinking, enabling them to reflect on their current behavior and look at the impact this can have on their life.

To empower them to change their behavior.

You will be working 35 hours a week on a fully flexible basis to suit the availability of the children and young people and, as a result, can expect some weekend working.

So, if you want a job that can really make a significant difference to the lives of young people this could be the job for you.

We will provide full training for the role, and we are looking for someone with passion, empathy and motivation rather than any particular past experience or qualification.

The skills and qualities you will need to do the job well are:

COMMUNICATION:

Good communication skills with children and their families is a must, as is the ability to communicate in a clear, timely fashion (verbally and in writing) with partner agencies such as youth justice and police professionals. Forming and maintaining relationships with these partner agencies is vital to the success of the work we do.

FLEXIBILITY-weekends and early evening working may be required to meet the availability and needs of the children and young people.

MOTIVATION- _This _role is very rewarding and can make a significant difference to someone's life. Many of the young people we support face a number of challenges and can find it difficult to engage. You will need to provide encouragement and support and use innovative strategies in order to meet their needs and to motivate them to engage.

IT CAPABLE- We want you to spend the majority of your time working with people. There is however a responsibility to record information accurately and promptly on our secure Case Management System.

As a result, it is essential that you are proficient in using:

We will encourage and expect you to maximise the use of remote methods of working with people remotely. It is essential therefore that you are comfortable with using platforms such as TEAMS and ZOOM.

SAFETY-We want you to work safely in all aspects of the role
- health and safety, safeguarding for all concerned, data protection, risk assessment etc. Full training will be provided in all of these aspects, and we will be looking for someone committed to achieving high standards in regard to all of these issues.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The role will be based across Sheffield and expenses are covered but
you will need to drive and have access to your own vehicle.

We will provide:

Full training
A laptop and mobile phone
Line management support and guidance
The role requires an enhanced DBS check
Starting salary £21,091 rising to £24,500 at the end of Year 2 in role
6% employer pension contribution
26 days leave per annum plus bank holidays
Funding for this post is currently secured until April 2025

Salary:
From £21,091.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events
Company pension
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
Sick pay

Schedule:

Flexitime

Application question(s):

Licence/Certification:
- you will need to drive and have access to your own vehicle. (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 12/04/2024