Grade: JNC Youth Worker scp 507 £10,430 scp 517 £14,331
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term
Essential Qualification: JNC Endorsed Youth Work Qualification
Age Restrictions Apply: 18+
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The Role
The role of a Youth Worker is to engage a diverse range of young people in positive activities as well as offer support, advice and guidance on issues that affect young people. You will work with young people to develop their social education by providing programmes of activities, services and facilities with learning outcomes. The successful candidate will also be responsible for contributing to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of sessions. The role requires you to supervise and safeguard young people in a youth work setting, adhering to Bolton Council policies, procedures and guidance.
About You
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and approachable with the ability to communicate effectively with young people aged 13-17. You will have experience of working with young people and be able to build good relationships. You will be willing to get involved with a variety of activities such as sports, arts and crafts, games and project work. The successful candidate will demonstrate patience and tolerance and have the ability to work with challenging young people. This is your chance to make a real difference!
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [emailprotected]
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