Job description
Role title:
Outreach Worker (Full-Time), Cheshire East
Hours: 35 hours per week
Accountable to: Operations Manager
Location: Cheshire East, (Covering Crewe/Knutsford/Macclesfield/Alsager)
Salary: £23K-£24K
For the role of Outreach Worker, you will:
- Working with local communities to identify and support children who are young carers
- Create and sustain partnerships with other 3rd sector providers across Cheshire
- Create “pathways” to support young carers
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Identify local community organisations who know or suspect they have children as part of their organisation who might be young carers and then support both the organisation and individual children to create meaningful interventions resulting in positive outcomes.
- To work with colleagues to integrate the education, respite and welfare programmes into the current service, ensuring it supports and progresses the development of young carers
- To prepare the relevant data and service reports for funders, users and stakeholders
- Take responsibility for ensuring all new programmes are in accordance with Cheshire Young Carers policies
- Raise the profile of Cheshire Young Carers work through networking and distribution of information, service updates, reports and presentations across the county
- To attend meetings with elected members and other internal and external meetings that are deemed appropriate
- Any other tasks reasonably expected by Cheshire Young Carers commensurate with the position
This post is subject to a three-month probationary period. DBS disclosure applies.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
- Knowledge of the youth sector (E)
- Knowledge of the education sector (E)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (E)
- Strong organisational skills (E)
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise own workload (E)
- Ability to remain calm when under pressure and work to strict deadlines (E)
- Ability to maintain, develop and implement systems (E)
- Effective project management skills (D)
- Knowledge of Young Carers (D)
Education/Qualification
- A qualification in youth work/education/social work/community sector (E)
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths at grade ‘C’ or above (E)
IT Skills
- Competent MS Office User, confident using.
- MS Excel (E) (spreadsheet creation, formatting & maintenance)
- MS Word (E) (letter & table creating and formatting)
- MS Outlook (E) (emails, calendar, task list)
- MS PowerPoint (D)
Experience
- Experience in working within the voluntary sector (D)
- Experience of working within the youth sector (E)
- Experience working with volunteers (D)
- An understanding of the current issues relating to supporting young carers (D)
Attributes
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work (E)
- A ‘can do’ attitude towards work (E)
- Team player with collaborative and supportive style (E)
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends (E)
- Ability to travel to occasional meetings away from the office (E)
- Clean driving license to be held (E)
- Access to a car (E)
Key: (D) = Desirable requirement
(E) = Essential
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person
