Young Persons worker

Role: Young Persons Worker (Youth Worker)

Salary: Circa £20,300 per annum pro rata

Contract/Hours: Permanent Part -Time 18 hrs per week

Must include a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday between 6pm -9pm all other working hrs can be flexible.

Location: Homebased – But must be able to travel to Redruth, St Blazey and East Cornwall.

Closing Date: Midnight on Tuesday the 7th Of February ‘23

Benefits:

• Basic annual leave of 29 days PLUS bank holidays (pro rata)
• Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service PLUS the option to buy another 5 days every year! (Pro rata)
• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages.
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution.
• Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of thousands of children.

A bit about the role

Action for Children Cornwall SPACE is a Cornwall Council funded service providing Activities for disabled children and young people aged between 5-18 years.

We offer disabled children and young people exciting new activities to try, providing families with an all-important short break.

We have an exciting opportunity for a youth worker to supervise a small team and lead our youth clubs in Redruth, St Blazey and East Cornwall.

You will be working in a small but dynamic team, creating exciting youth provision, and working alongside colleagues to support short breaks activities in some of the school holidays.

Our activities are fun and exciting, creating engaging activities that children and young people want to go to - so why not get paid for having fun!

How you'll help to create brighter futures.

• Working with young people to deliver fun and exciting activities, including cooking, sailing, going to the theatre, arts and craft activities and loads more.
• Undertaking youth work referrals, signposting young people to the best service for them.
• Engaging with young people and planning youth group activities that respond to the needs of the group you are working with.
• Offering sessions that explore themes, such as relationships, friendships, keeping safe and many other topics in an age and stage appropriate way.
• Retaining records, using various IT systems.
• Working effectively as part of a small team, liaising with colleagues to plan and deliver engaging youth group delivery for young people with a learning disability.

Let's talk about you.

• Youth Worker qualification or equivalent experience of working with young people and families.
• Experience of, planning meetings, supporting, and contributing to service activities for Children or young people with Disabilities.
• Experience of delivery of service user needs assessments, ensuring accurate and update retention of information.
• Flexibility in work arrangements to ensure delivery of service.
• You must be able to travel to remote locations across the county.

You can take a look at our full job description attached to the advert.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

Good to know.

Interviews: Interviews to take place Tuesday the 14th Of February Via Microsoft Teams

Application Process

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: Recruitment Partner Erika Brinkman on 01923 361723 or erika.brinkman@actionforchildren.org.uk if require any further information.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.