Youth Worker - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Always an Alternative CIO

Description

Job Title:
Youth Worker


Job Ref:
YW24


Hours:

• 3 hours (4:30pm 7.30pm) Thursdays
• 4.5 hours (5.00pm 9.30pm) Fridays
• Additional hours may become available.

Salary:
£11.50


Location:
Sheffield

Always an Alternative are a newly registered Charity, providing mentoring, guidance and support to young people to make safe / positive life choices.

We are looking for vibrant, enthusiastic and caring individuals to join our team and support us to make a positive difference to young people's lives.

We are looking to recruit a Youth Worker who is qualified to a minimum level 2 Youth
Work Practice.

As part of your role, you will;

• Build a rapport with young people and listen to their concerns
• Inspire young people to achieve their aspirations
• Provide young people a guiding hand and support to enable them to make informed decisions
• Work with young people within the core values of Youth Work
• Encourage and promote selfadvocacy and/or advocate on behalf of the young person
• Take a lead in the running of the youth club including planning and participating in activities and all engagement required by the young people.
• Assist in the cleaning and maintenance and security of the building, including fire prevention
• Lead in developing and maintaining close links with the local community, voluntary organisations, voluntary helpers, police, social care, CAMHS and any other relevant professionals

Job Description and Person Specification - Youth Worker (Youth Club)


Skills and Experience
You will be over 21 years of age.


Experience Essential

• An understanding of empathy towards the difficulties young people are experiencing and an ability to relate to them on a onetoone basis.
• Recognised Qualification in Children's or Youth Work.
• Experience of working with others and being a team player.
• A good understanding of safeguarding and child protection.
• Ability to support young people to see the potential that they are able to motivate themselves
• Ability to work within policy and procedures but to use own initiative to achieve the best outcome for the young person.
• Ability to maintain good relationships with young people, families, carers and professionals who are involved with the youth club.

Experience Desirable

• 12 months experience of working with Children/Young.

People


Skills and Abilities

• Practical knowledge of supporting to run a Youth Club.
• Ability to carry out basic recordings, such as attendance records, accident reports etc.
• Take pride in a job well done and enable young people to share this value
• Good time keeping and reliability
• Solution focussed
• Ensuring a good standard of Equal Opportunities practice is upheld and the ability to develop high quality youth work within this context.

Interviews:

ASAP

References:

For all roles we require a minimum of two references. References provided must cover the last 3 years.
You will be required to provide and Enhanced DBS check.

Job Description and Person Specification

Youth Worker (Youth Club)


For an informal discussion about this role please contact:

Anthony;


Jo;


Job Type:
Part-time


Pay:
£11.50 per hour

Expected hours: 8 per week


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Free parking
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Overtime

Work Location:
In person