POST: Youth worker
RESPONSIBLE TO: Senior Youth Worker
Hours 8.5 per week Tuesday & Thursday evenings 4pm - 8:15pm
Upon successfully completing the probation period, employees are given the option to transition to a 4-day working week, while maintaining their full salary. For part-time positions, this will involve a 20% reduction in daily hours worked.
ORGANISATIONAL AIMS:
1. To initiate, build and maintain purposeful relationships with young people
2. Encourage young people to broaden their horizons to be effective citizens
3. To support young people in their understanding of risk and challenge
4. Support young people to identify and achieve aims so that they may reach their full potential
OUR VALUES:
Because we CARE and have COMPASSION we want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Our aim is to EMPOWER and SUPPORT people.
We do this with RESPECT and EMPATHY, mindful of the EQUALITY of all.
JOB PURPOSE:
To plan and deliver youth activities in collaboration with the young people and youth work team.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
a) Provide a trauma-informed support service to young people across Cardiff
b) To plan and deliver a creative and progressive programme of youth activities in collaboration with young people and the youth & community team, which is responsive to young people and local needs.
c) To actively support the youth forum which provide young people attending our universal/open access provisions a voice on issues that affect them
d) To review services and paperwork regularly in partnership with staff, young people and any other stakeholders to identify any areas of improvement
e) To contribute to new developments and collate young peoples and service outcomes regarding contractual requirements.
f) To ensure young people’s views and opinions are considered for the development of a co-productive model of our youth services
g) To work in partnership with all relevant youth work agencies, voluntary and statutory services to improve outcomes for young people.
h) Use social media and new technology to ensure young people feel connected and develop a web- presence to reach out to young people
To carry out other duties that reasonably falls within the scope of the post. Specific responsibilities:
a) Responding to emergencies / crisis.
b) Attendance at meetings deemed appropriate by the project managers
d) Participation in training and supervision.
e) You must work constructively with other departments within the YMCA Cardiff Group.
f) Assisting with jobs that usually fall to another member of staff, but in whose absence, failure to carry out the work would present a risk or offence to others or would be detrimental to the organisation’s service provision.
g) To be able to respect the Christian ethos of the YMCA and uphold its values
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
Minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth & Community discipline
Registered with the EWC
Group B/Level 2 Safeguarding
KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE
Experience working with young people in youth work settings
Knowledge of the All Wales Safeguarding Procedures
Liaison with external agencies
SKILLS
Ability to work in a trauma-informed way
Excellent verbal skills.
Organisational skills: Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and time
Ability to motivate and manage young people
Ability to make decisions.
Ability to manage difficult situations and challenging behavior with young people
Ability to relate to young people from a wide range of backgrounds
Ability to manage conflict and change.
ATTITUDE
Commitment to effective service delivery to young people
Commitment to co-operative working and able to work autonomously and as part of a team
Commitment to good practice standards
Positive approach to change / innovation
Commitment to co-operative working and able to work autonomously and as part of a team
Professional approach to confidentiality, boundaries and anti-discriminatory practice.
Reliable / dependable
OTHER
Ability to speak Welsh
Pay: From £14.19 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Application question(s):
- Do you Hold a minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth & Community discipline?
- Are you registered with the EWC?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
