As an active and growing youth and community charity, FACE is looking for Youth Development Workers to join our youth work team, to manage and develop youth work projects.
We have either two full-time (35 hours) or five part-time (12-20 hours) roles for Level 4-6 Qualified Youth Workers with experience in leading and managing youth work - or for experienced or Level 3 qualified Youth Workers looking for progression to management in Youth Work. The roles are varied across geographic areas in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, with different target groups depending on applicants' experience and preferences.
Our Youth Work offer includes open access youth clubs, mobile and detached youth work, accreditation schemes including Duke of Edinburgh's awards, targeted youth work with disabled, neurodivergent, or adopted young people, trips and residentials, schools group work, issue-based work, Youth Voice, Youth Volunteering, and well-being projects.
You would line manage a small team of Assistant Youth Support Workers and be supported and line managed yourself by one of our two Youth Work Managers.
Main duties and responsibilities:
1. To lead team planning and delivery of the provision of a full and balanced informal education curriculum which meets the needs of the young people in the area of interest, combining ‘fun’ leisure activities with ‘informative’ issue-based activities. The programme should cater for different learning styles and abilities and ensure young people are supported to reach their full potential, adapting resources and teaching styles as appropriate.
2. To encourage and enable young people to participate fully in the youth work programme provided, including in the planning and decision-making processes.
3. To build appropriate trusting relationships with young people to enable them to talk openly about their hopes, ambitions, feelings, and concerns, in order to help them to reflect and improve their own lives. To ensure young people are listened to and respected and are referred on to other agencies as appropriate.
4. To take positive steps to counter discrimination however and whenever it occurs; to observe equalities legislation, and to operate within Safe from Harm guidelines.
5. To provide line management supervision and guidance to assistant support workers and volunteers. To be involved in recruitment processes for new staff and volunteers as needed.
6. To facilitate and motivate the staff team to set up and clear away activities, complete registers and reflect on- and in-practice. To participate in staff team (and individual) training, supervision, and development activities as required, in order to develop the work of FACE and the post holder’s skills and abilities.
7. To provide young people with opportunities for accreditation through such awards as South Glos Youth Awards, ASDAN, and Duke of Edinburgh’s awards. To record and monitor young people’s outcomes and report on progress towards awards and local targets using the Outcomes framework.
8. To complete administrative tasks as required, including session registers and session notes, quarterly reports, letters, emails, promotions, and other tasks as required to ensure the smooth running of the youth work sessions. To complete tasks as required to fulfil the contract requirements of funders.
9. To encourage support for the work of FACE by fostering good relationships with the parents, neighbours, landlords, other youth projects, and related agencies. To support fundraising and networking events in the community. To attend community meetings to advocate and represent FACE and ensure young people’s views and voices are included in local community action plans. To take an active role in Youth Work Partnership meetings and ensure FACE is seen as an active partner working with others to meet aims. To build links with schools, police, youth centres, town & parish councils, and other organisations.
10. To ensure the good Health & Safety of all premises and good Well-being of all staff and users is maintained.
11. To develop and maintain personal and professional skills and capability through on-going training. Attending mandatory training including annual FACE team days.
#J-18808-Ljbffr