Youth worker Work, Jobs in South West London (with Salaries)

Youth Engagement Coordinator (Just for Girls)
WEST Youth Zone —London
- £32,136 a year
- Weekend availability
- Project management
- Working with children
- Team management
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Network Youth Worker (28 Hours)
Youth Ministry in Communion —Fulham
- £14.80 an hour
- Part-time
- Working with children
- Bachelor's degree
- Mentoring
- Sick pay
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Network Youth Worker
Youth Ministry in Communion Southwark —Barnes
- £10,920 a year
- Part-time
- Working with children
- Bachelor's degree
- Mentoring
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10d
Lead Youth Worker
community sparks change ltd —London
- £14 an hour
- Seasonal
- Working with children
- Mentoring
- Teaching
- Free parking
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Holiday Youth Support Worker – Youth Development Project
HF Mencap —London
- From £13.85 an hour
- Temporary
- Childcare
- Communication skills
- Teaching
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Play & Youth Worker (Maternity Cover - 9 months/ 40 weeks
Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust —London
- £11,200 a year
- Temporary
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Mentoring
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8d
Youth/Children Church Coordinator
Rhema Gospel Church Croydon —Croydon
- £12.50 - £12.71 an hour
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- Organisational skills
- Hospice
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Relocation assistance
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Childrens Residential Support Worker (Bank)
Wilderness Way —Richmond
- £15.17 - £16.57 an hour
- Day shift
- Driving
- Flexible schedule
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3d
Youth Support Worker
Bright Young Futures —Ilford
- £14 - £15 an hour
- Full-time
- Working with children
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Paid training
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2d
Female Residential Support Worker
Residential Placement —Hounslow
- From £13.50 an hour
- 8 hour shift
- Working with children
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Paid training
- Health & wellbeing programme
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4d
Sessional Therapeutic Support Worker
Dignity Rose Therapeutic Pathway —Waltham Abbey
- £15 - £22 an hour
- English
- Supervising experience
- Working with children
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2d
Experienced Children's Residential Support Worker
Family First Care Services LTD —Wood Green
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Care plans
- Sick pay
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Care Worker (Children's Home) QCS/NVQ Level 3
Angel UK Care —Dagenham
- £13 - £14 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Driving
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9d
Children's Residential Support Worker
Execulink LTD —West Norwood
- £13.50 - £15.00 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- Working with children
- In-person
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Qualified Bank/Sessional Residential Child Care Workers
Five Rivers Child Care Ltd —Orpington
- £13.09 - £14.71 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Childcare
- Working with children
- IT
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
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Children and Young People Support Worker
CHEXS —Cheshunt
- From £28,517 a year
- Full-time
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Driving
- Annual leave
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9d
Support worker for children and young adults
Pure Care Agency —West London
- £12.29 - £14.15 an hour
- 8 hour shift
- Medicine
- English
- Working with children
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8d
Children's Residential Support Worker
Children's Residential Home —Northolt
- £13 - £14 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Medication administration
- Driving
- In-person
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11d
Residential Youth Worker
Strides Child Care Services Ltd —Ilford
- £13.50 - £14.50 an hour
- Temporary
- Childcare
- Up to 50% travel
- English
- Health & wellbeing programme
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1d
Children's Residential Worker
Surrey County Council —Tadworth
- £31,659 - £33,952 a year
- English
- Maths
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme

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Youth Engagement Coordinator (Just for Girls)

WEST Youth Zone
London

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£32,136 a year

Benefits

Casual dress
On-site gym
Company pension

Qualifications

GCSE
Project management
Working with children
Team management
Youth work
Mentoring
Communication skills

Full job description

THE ROLE

Our Coordinators are crucial members of our delivery team, responsible for an exciting programme of activities for their given area. We want to make sure that we have an exciting offer for young people aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs), at WEST Youth Zone.

Our Youth Engagement Coordinator will lead on our Just for Girls session on Sunday afternoons, designing an engaging programme of activities alongside staff and young people. They will also work to engage girls and young women in the other sessions offered by WEST, ensuring the sessions are relevant and fun. They will provide some line management support and development for sessional workers in these areas. This role requires a minimum of 55% of time spent face-to-face working with young people.

FIRST 12 MONTHS

In the first 12 months, you will have:

Supported the Youth Zone to achieve 1000 visits by young people a week, inspired by the continually changing & vibrant offer
Increased the proportion of girls and young women attending WEST, with a particular focus on our Senior Programme
Explored the reasons for lower female participation in Youth Work and worked creatively to overcome any barriers
Collaborated with the delivery team to ensure a vibrant & engaging programme is in place every session, planned 3 months in advance with input & cocreation with young people.
Have developed strong local partnerships with external organisations including schools, which result in direct benefit to the borough’s young people.
Introduced the OnSide evaluation framework alongside young people’s feedback to enhance the quality of the support given to help young people’s progression.
Created progression pathways for young people to build on our ‘practice, perfect and perform’ model
Ensure volunteer & young leaders are well managed and supported.
Helped to deliver an engaging Just for Girls session with up to 60 young people attending per session

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To plan, coordinate and deliver a comprehensive programme for girls aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 with addition needs), helping to build their confidence, social skills and improve their overall wellbeing
To ensure that the Just for Girls session is high quality and meets the need/wants of young people in the area
To ensure that the Girls programme contributes to the wider youth work agenda, supporting the development of young people
To motivate, encourage and support young people to participate fully in their sessions
To ensure all staff and volunteers are equipped with a wide range of recourses and activities to engage, develop and inform young people
To identify relevant issues or areas of development for young people and ensure that these are targeted in the WEST’s programme
To organise special events, challenges and projects within their area regularly
To ensure that young people and their ideas contribute fully to the planning and delivery of all activities within the youth zone
To support the youth zone promotional plan and work in the community to attract young people, including outreach at schools or other community locations
To manage, support and develop a small team of part-time workers and volunteers, working with the Volunteer Coordinator, other delivery Coordinators, Club Managers and Head of Youth Work to support CPD
To monitor, record and evaluate the Female Engagement programme and provide reports and information as required in order to ensure a consistently high-quality youth work provision and demonstrate the impact of the youth zone
To network with local appropriate organisation and community providers/other partner organisations to develop joint working programmes
This role will include session leading and locking up of the Youth Zone.
To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of youth zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using policies, procedures and practice
To support across the whole youth zone offer as required. Sessions take place every evening, weekend and during school holidays. This could also occasionally include residential work
Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct, health and safety and equality and diversity, to ensure all activities are accessible and appropriate
Be a role model for young people and present a positive ‘can do’ attitude
This role will include session leading and locking up of the Youth Zone

SELECTION CRITERIA

EXPERIENCE

Experience of delivering activities to young people in-line with relevant guidance and good practice

Essential

Evidence of working with girls or young women aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) in a range of settings

Essential

Evidence of engaging vulnerable, disengaged or hard to reach young people in activities

Essential

Experience of leading or managing a team

Essential

Experience of monitoring and evaluation processes

Desirable

Experience working in partnership with external agencies

Desirable

Experience managing externally funded projects

Desirable

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTES

Excellent communication skills to deliver activity programmes to a wide range of young people

Essential

Ability to motivate and engage staff, volunteers and young people through youth work

Essential

Strong commitment to young people and ability to engage and build positive relationships with disengaged young people

Essential

Ability to coach and develop groups of young people

Essential

Ability to manage and organise several tasks at a time

Essential

Ability to take initiative as part of a team, and lead a team

Essential

Knowledge of the issues affecting young people and an ability to work with challenging behaviour and complex needs

Essential

IT Literate

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS

A relevant qualification in Youth Work or equivalent experience

Essential

GCSE or equivalent literacy and numeracy

Essential

Evidence of ongoing professional development (for example Safeguarding, health & Safety, Management

Essential

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

A willingness to work evenings and weekends and every Sunday.

Essential

A willingness to cover events, holidays and staff absence

Essential

Committed to Safeguarding children

Essential

GENERAL INFORMATION

The normal hours of work are 37.5 per week, or those necessary to fulfil the requirements of the position. There will be a requirement to work outside the normal 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, working week, including frequent evenings and weekends. This will mean working flexibly across the week, to suit the needs of both the role and the individual.

In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £32,136.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress
Company pension
On-site gym

Application question(s):

Do you have experience in youth work project management, preferably within community, nonprofit, or education sectors.
Do you have Safeguarding training ?
You must be available to work every Sunday?
Do you have experience with working with children between the age of 8-19 years old.

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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youth worker jobs in south west london

Youth Engagement Coordinator (Just for Girls)

Network Youth Worker (28 Hours)

Network Youth Worker

Lead Youth Worker

Holiday Youth Support Worker – Youth Development Project

Play & Youth Worker (Maternity Cover - 9 months/ 40 weeks

Youth/Children Church Coordinator

Childrens Residential Support Worker (Bank)

Youth Support Worker

Female Residential Support Worker

Sessional Therapeutic Support Worker

Experienced Children's Residential Support Worker

Care Worker (Children's Home) QCS/NVQ Level 3

Children's Residential Support Worker

Qualified Bank/Sessional Residential Child Care Workers

Children and Young People Support Worker

Support worker for children and young adults

Children's Residential Support Worker

Residential Youth Worker

Children's Residential Worker

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