ID: 1342
Job title: Youth Support Worker 3x
Gloucester Youth Services – Stroud and the Cotswolds
Stroud Youth Centre – 1 x Youth Support Worker
Cotswolds Impact Youth Centre - 2x Youth Support Worker
Salary: Grade 2 (Upper) Point 16: £24,971 FTE (£6,074.03 pro rata per annum)
Location: Stroud and the Cotswolds (Stroud Youth Centre and Impact Youth Centre)
Hours: 9 hours per week (part-time)
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, passionate and motivated youth worker to join us on our journey to develop and embed our Youth Support Services across Stroud and Cotswolds.
Family Action is a registered charity, building stronger families since 1869. Today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants. We transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation.
The Youth Sector in Gloucestershire is a diverse landscape made-up of a rich and varied range of youth and community organisations. The Youth Support Worker will play a key role in delivering a high standard of youth work supporting young people across a range of needs and interests, ensuring that they have a voice in decisions that affect their lives.
You will have experience of developing, coordinating and delivering impactful youth activities, and you will be skilled in working with young people from a range of backgrounds who have experienced challenges and barriers to progression in education, family and communities. We are seeking applicants who are positive, empowering, resilient and can work with others to create positive outcomes.
Main Responsibilities:
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Create a safe and welcoming environment where youth feel supported and valued.
• Ensure the safety and well-being of young people by adhering to Family Actions and local safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Actively participate in community outreach to connect with young people.
• Plan and deliver youth support, workshops, and recreational activities that promote personal and social development.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• A relevant qualification in Youth Work, Education, Health and Social Care Social or a related field (or willing to work toward a youth work qualification).
• At least 2 years’ experience of youth support work in a range of settings.
• Strong understanding of current youth issues and challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and establish positive relationships with young people.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Complete and submit: Application Form
• Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd December 2024 at 23:59 (midnight)
• To learn more about Family Action: Recruitment Pack
• To learn more about our terms & conditions: Summary Terms & Conditions of Employment
• To help us fulfil our commitment to diversity and promoting equal opportunities: complete our anonymous Equality & Diversity Monitoring Information survey
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Rachel.sanders@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.
* Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale
This is a re-advertisement – if you have already submitted an application you are not required to re-apply.
