Recent Posts
News Categories
News Archives
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
September 10, 2021
News
Lead Youth Worker – Vacancy
JNC -13 £25,313 (pro rata)
Part Time 6 hrs per week
Fixed Term until 31st March 2023
Description:
To support young people to access advice and guidance and additional support where needed with a view to improving their current and future outcomes, ensure opportunities for inclusion, positive choices, emotional wellbeing, keeping themselves safe and reducing the risk of exploitation or harm. This role will require at least one face to face session per week, additional hours can be used flexibly to meet need e.g. Holiday activities/monthly or bi weekly sessions dependent on need.
The post holder will be required to
- supervise and support the Youth Support Worker and potential volunteers
- make contact and be available to young people aged 13 to 19 in the community at times and places they are available including evenings, school holidays and occasional weekends as required.
- establish key relationships within the council and wider community to ensure a good understanding of local issues and to enable appropriate response and intervention
- work with young people through a variety of methods providing personal and social education to help them gain knowledge and recognise new opportunities in the world around them
- To encourage a sense of belonging and connection to their surroundings and local community
- To build effective and meaningful relationships with young people through regular contact, mutual trust, respect and understanding whilst maintaining professional boundaries
- To identify and respond to the needs of individuals and groups of young people by developing appropriate strategies for action which are both educational and fun
- To enable young people to take more control over their lives and create experiences with them which enable them to make informed choices
- To bridge the gaps in understanding between the local community and young people; and to highlight issues affecting young people acting as advocates for and with them within the wider community
- Keep the council up to date on the project through written reports and evaluations on a regular basis
- Identify small grants for funding activities and work with PTC to apply for these where appropriate
- Plan and organise holiday activities for young people
We will consider applications from candidates who are working towards or willing to work towards these qualifications but preference will be given to those who already hold them
- Level 3 qualification in Youth Work
- Safeguarding Level 2/3
- Current first Aid certificate
For full details please email the Town Clerk townclerk@porthleventc.org.uk
Deadline 24th September 2021