Are YOU ready to Make a Difference? If you re enthusiastic about youth work, committed to fostering a positive environment, and ready to step up as an advocate for our young people, we want to hear from you Apply today and take your place in a rewarding position that helps shape the future of young lives. Join us at the Youth Development Service where passion meets purpose Enfield Youth Development Service is located within the Children and Families division part of Youth People, Community Safety and Early Help. We work with young people age 11-19, (and up to 25 with young people with disabilities and learning difficulties). The key aim of our work is to provide personal and social development opportunities to children and young people to help them to transition to adulthood and achieve the best outcomes, whilst promoting good citizenship. We have an exciting role for a person who want to make a real difference to the lives of young people. Additional hours are also available which will allow you to increase your hours of work. The roles will initiate, develop, and deliver high quality targeted youth work engagement that provides personal and social development opportunities for identified young people e.g. young people who are NEET, displaying poor behaviour and exclusions from school. As part of the contextual safeguarding approach youth worker will use a variety of youth work methods to positively engage young people such as detached and outreach youth work, mentoring, advocacy, provision of information, advice and guidance, one to one work, group work and project work. The youth worker will be part of contextual safeguarding youth work team, line managed by Youth Service and directed in its work by the Contextual Safeguarding Hub to target identified hot spots and young people at risk. Our ambition is that through a provision of contextual safeguarding youth work approach, we will reduce young people s risk to extra familial abuse outside of home whilst strengthening their resilience and ability to make informed and safe life choices. The successful candidate will be required to work evenings, weekends and during school holidays. Please note the salary quoted is based on full time hours per annum Contact Details - If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Evalyn Powell on 07356147640 for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andy Kingsbury, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor on 0208 078 5976 or andy.kingsburyenfield.gov.uk We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV. We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more. Why it's great to work for Enfield Council: An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas. A blend of remote and office based working for most roles. Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months. Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods. Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family. Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work. 1 month paid sabbatical for Children s Social Workers We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.