JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Community Youth Worker Team Leaderwho has experience in youth and community work with good leadership, communication and organisational skills.
The organisation enables accessibility to a range of services and provision for young people in an informal, welcoming environment specifically designed for them; bringing together a range of information, advice, guidance, learning and social opportunities, with a main focus on open access sessional youth work in the locality.
Working as the Community Youth Worker Team Leader you will provide, with the team a safe welcoming fun environment for young people aged 10-19 (up to 25 Special educational needs and disabilities) accessing the youth club.
As the Community Youth Worker Team Leader you will support young people’s creativity, so they have opportunities to try new things, forge links with local schools, to support early intervention for the safety and wellbeing of young people and identify relevant trends, issues and opportunities through youth work with young people and the community.
DUTIES
Your duties as the Community Youth Worker Team Leader include:
1. Manage the universal open access youth club provision in the locality
2. Provide a safe welcoming environment for young people, staff, agencies and visitors
3. Arrange 3 youth club programme planning weeks, which can include young people as well as staff and volunteers
4. Develop plans and programmes for the youth club that are realistic, financially viable and to an agreed time scale
5. Engage with the local community, to help define local need and where appropriate support or assist on new developments
6. Proactively engage other organisations to use the youth club to develop a range of opportunities for young people activities, training / education / employment, information, advice and guidance / youth club
7. Continue the development of Young people’s Steering Groups at the Youth Club
8. Work to empower and engage young people and other groups to ensure the voice of the customer is given priority and that their ongoing inclusion is encouraged in decision making
9. Engage and monitor staff to ensure effective implementation of plans
10. Be involved with the recruitment and selection process of the youth work staff team
11. Ensure all appropriate records and files are maintained
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
12. You will need to have a Level 3 qualification in youth work or the equivalent or relevant youth work experience
13. Experience of working in partnership with external community and statutory groups
14. Proven ability to raise monies through applications to funding streams
15. Experience of developing services to meeting the needs of the community
16. Promote the organisation and projects positively, using a range of methods
17. Good understanding of the needs and issues facing young people and communities
18. Experience of delivering services to the community in a paid capacity
19. Experience of induction, support and supervision of staff
20. Ability to motivate self and others and be innovative, take initiative and plan own work load and that of others
21. Ability to work within set budgets and experience of safe cash handling
22. Having a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle is desirable
BENEFITS
23. Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave
24. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
25. Pension scheme
26. Cycle to work scheme
27. 20% discount off the cost of childcare at our childcare settings
28. Staff get a fully inclusive membership of the health & wellbeing centre in Bath for the heavily discounted price of £15/month
29. Access to online gym classes for free
30. Staff events and a staff intranet where stories, news and updates are shared across the department
This role is subject to clear enhanced DBS including child barring section