We are here to support, promote and develop voluntary and community action in Middlesbrough.
The KFC Youth Foundation is the corporate foundation that was set up in 2015 and is financially supported by KFC UK&I. The KFC Youth Foundation is a charity.
Since its inception, the KFC Youth Foundation has made donations and grants of more than £8m. In 2021, we became a community grant maker, offering grants of up to £2,500 to grassroots organisations working with young people in their communities. Organisations who share the passion we have for developing young people. Since setting up the programme, we have made grants to a value of £351,570, supporting 10,271 young people.
But we aren’t ones to rest on our laurels and over the last 18 months we have been developing a strategy to transform ourselves into a service delivery organisation. It is our ambition to create KFC Youth Foundation Hubs; amazing spaces with awesome youth workers that allow young people who most need it, to feel safe and secure.
We are opening our first Youth Hub in Middlesbrough this summer. It is our intention to deliver open access youth services with a particular focus around food education, employment and food aid, by creating a training kitchen and cafe.
Our core values are to empower young people to take control of their lives and make positive changes for themselves and to create viable career opportunities for youth workers. We want to be champions for change, leading the way in making youth work a credible profession and providing a platform and a voice for young people and youth workers, by offering Youth Work Apprenticeships and Training. We know that the power of change comes from the ability to collaborate, so we want to work with trusted partners to execute our shared goal of supporting young people to fulfil their potential.
What will you be doing?
Ahead of the KFC Youth Foundation Hub opening, you will be feet on the ground in Middlesbrough during the development of the Youth Hub to opening, supporting with the recruitment of youth workers and hub employees, policy writing, creating a youth board for the hub and co-designing opening programming and the opening of the hub.
Service Delivery & Partnership
* Responsible for the management and preparation(s) of programme delivery - play and youth work and early help provision onsite, that meets the needs of children, young people and families including through direct and partnership delivery with third sector providers.
* Develop and maintain the support needed for a varied 7-day programme of term-time and holiday youth provision (open access and targeted); inclusive of sports, arts, cultural and recreational activity that promotes the development of physical and emotional well-being.
* You will have local knowledge and be able to develop a meaningful dialogue with children, young people and families, with the purpose of assessing their needs and creating services to meet them.
* Establish an inclusive culture within the youth hub; where all are welcome and supported to participate, and where respect, honesty, and trust enables children and young people to thrive.
* Develop initiatives and partnerships to build strong links with the local community and support the growth of positive perceptions of children, young people and their families.
* Implement methods for observable or measurable indicators of success.
* Organise regular outreach to facilitate the involvement of children, young people from across the ward and borough; targeting those who have had little contact with services and may be hard to engage.
* Work with other key agencies to manage risk.
Leadership
* Ensure all staff are aware of practice standards, expectations and timescales, and establishing a culture of responsibility and accountability building trust, good morale and teamwork.
* Manage service area delivery in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity and collaborative working; ensuring that all youth workers and hub employees are aware of the requirement to deliver non-discriminatory services and to promote greater equity for disadvantaged groups.
* Consistently promote and apply the KFCYF policies and standards in managing employee sickness absence, unsatisfactory performance, conduct, discipline, and grievances, and customer complaints according to the Foundation’s policies.
* Support the recruitment and induction of staff and carrying out regular supervision and annual performance appraisals for line reports.
* Take responsibility for staff timetables, rotas, and annual leave; arranging and authorising any necessary staff cover that may be required.
* Take authority for expenditure for events and activities within established KFCYF financial processes and accounting for all budget spending as required.
* Ensure that KFCYF policy and procedures for health and safety are adhered to and that all equipment is maintained, taking action as necessary to ensure compliance.
* Ensure risk assessments are carried out for the premises, activities and services and updated as and when necessary.
* Ensure regular health and safety audits are carried out and that any areas of non-compliance are quickly rectified.
Administration
* Oversee the keeping of accurate and up to date records of attendance data and other management information as required.
* Maintain records of interventions; keeping files current, well organised, and able to provide concise and accurate information for the Foundation on outcomes achieved.
* Prepare and present quarterly reports for the review of the Foundation Manager/ Trustees.
What we'd love from you?
* A personal commitment to the KFC Youth Foundation’s mission to help young people achieve their potential and our ambition to become a delivery organisation.
* Experience of managing and delivering open access and targeted youth work/ youth participation programmes.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* A satisfactory DBS check at enhanced level is required.
* Understanding of RPA duties, apprenticeships and support for non-engaged young people in employment pathways.
* A professional or occupational qualification; in Youth Work, Teaching, Health or social work is required.
* Experience of managing and delivering a range of preventative programmes focused on improving education, health or youth crime reduction outcomes, including restorative solutions.
* Knowledge of accreditation programmes and experience of curriculum development and implementation.
* Knowledge and experience of youth participation legislation, strategies and methods.
* Experience of safer volunteer recruitment programmes.
Experience
* Experience of successfully managing service change and development with evidenced outcomes for users.
* Experience of managing within an urban and ethnically diverse context and developing and delivering appropriate services.
* Experience in working on an inter-agency basis.
* Ability to motivate and empower staff so as to build effective teams and relationships, trust, good morale and teamwork.
* Experience of planning and leading programmes of informal education in large and small group settings.
* A strong track record of developing and embedding a performance management culture with a clear development focus, including translating strategic plans into individual and team objectives.
* Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of key agencies working with young people, including their statutory responsibilities and the ability to maintain effective communication and working relationships with all partners.
* Ability to initiate and maintain effective communication and working relationships with a relevant range of people and organisations.
* Ability to work with children and young people who present challenging behaviour.
* Ability to plan and implement programmes for disabled young people and those with SEN.
Strategic Thinking and Planning
* Able to demonstrate a track record of strategic planning and the delivery of high-quality customer focused services.
* Able to demonstrate the ability to devise strategies for service delivery and improvement and translate them into realisable plans.
* Able to influence widely, achieve solid buy in from staff, colleagues, and officials across the Foundation, external partners and all stakeholders.
* A proven ability to manage expenditure budget to the standard required by the Foundation, while delivering high quality value for money services.
* Able to manage, support and direct service delivery by members and projects from inception to implementation within budget and within set timescales.
* Financial sustainability – including business development and income generation.
The KFC Youth Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity.
The KFC Youth Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The closing date for this job is 25 May 2024 - 12:15pm.
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