Youth Support Worker
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FULL DESCRIPTION
Summary
Deliver group-based activities for children and young people aged 13-24 in East Surrey which focus on supporting emotional wellbeing and promoting good mental health.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with the delivery and preparation of the WAVES drop-in support group sessions and other project sessions throughout East Surrey and assist social and personal development programmes with young people within the assigned areas.
- Assist with the delivery and preparation of Step Forward group sessions.
- Connect with new groups of young people and build relationships with them with a view to developing life skills, support young people with mental health issues promoting positive emotional wellbeing.
- Actively engage young people in a wide range of youth work programmes that promote personal and social development, challenge, enjoyment and results in recorded learning.
- Actively engage and build positive relationships with parents/guardians that support the learning for both them and young people taking part in youth work projects
- Deliver information, advice, or guidance to young people, parents/guardians and schools referring to specialist agencies where appropriate.
- Collate and capture emotional wellbeing and youth work evidence to facilitate assessments of performance and quality.
- Record emotional wellbeing and youth work data from the sessions and be knowledgeable about the requirements for tracking progress.
- Attend staff meetings, training and staff development events, as appropriate, to ensure continuous professional competence and development.
- Operate in accordance with YMCA East Surrey policies and procedures for health and safety, risk assessment and safeguarding children and young people to provide safe and healthy working environment.
- Carry out assigned duties and responsibilities of the post with due regard for YMCA East Surrey’s equality and diversity policies and procedures.
Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills:
- Minimum of 1 years’ experience of working with young people in a youth work capacity or experience of working with young people with mental health issues.
- Ability to develop a wide range of activities that promote personal and social development, challenge and enjoyment
- Ability to work with individuals and young people with issues around their mental health and a good working knowledge about factors affecting emotional wellbeing
- Ability to relate well to young people, maintaining enthusiasm and enabling them to feel valued
- Ability to assist and implement a creative, varied and appropriate programme of activities that allow both fun and informal learning for young people.
- Able to perform basic administrative operational tasks
- IT literacy and ability to use IT systems such as Office, Outlook, Social Impact Tracker, social media etc.
- Ability to communicate effectively coupled with good listening skills
- Ability to record progress and development for participants
- An ability to assess needs, monitor outcomes and achieve targets
Main • Assist with the delivery and preparation of the WAVES drop-in support groupResponsibilities: sessions and other project sessions throughout East Surrey and assist social and personal development programmes with young people within the assigned areas.
• Assist with the delivery and preparation of Step Forward group sessions.
• Connect with new groups of young people and build relationships with them with a view to developing life skills, support young people with mental health issues promoting positive emotional wellbeing.
• Actively engage young people in a wide range of youth work programmes that promote personal and social development, challenge, enjoyment and results in recorded learning.
• Actively engage and build positive relationships with parents/guardians that support the learning for both them and young people taking part in youth work projects
• Deliver information, advice, or guidance to young people, parents/guardians and schools referring to specialist agencies where appropriate.
• Collate and capture emotional wellbeing and youth work evidence to facilitate assessments of performance and quality.
• Record emotional wellbeing and youth work data from the sessions and be knowledgeable about the requirements for tracking progress.
• Attend staff meetings, training and staff development events, as appropriate, to ensure continuous professional competence and development.
• Operate in accordance with YMCA East Surrey policies and procedures for health and safety, risk assessment and safeguarding children and young people to provide safe and healthy working environment.
• Carry out assigned duties and responsibilities of the post with due regard for YMCA East Surrey’s equality and diversity policies and procedures.
Terms and
A full-time working week would be Monday to Friday 10am-6pm
Part-time and sessional work hours would usually be available 2pm-6pm
Training and
You will have the opportunity to undertake a professional youth work training
course (Level 3) supported through the National Youth Agency
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Qualifications & • Level 2 youth worker X
Experience: • Minimum of 1 years’ experience of working with young X
people in a youth work capacity or experience of working
with young people with mental health issues.
Abilities & Skills: • Ability to develop a wide range of activities that promote X
personal and social development, challenge and enjoyment
• Ability to work with individuals and young people with issues
around their mental health and a good working knowledge X
about factors affecting emotional wellbeing
• Ability to relate well to young people, maintaining X
enthusiasm and enabling them to feel valued
• Ability to assist and implement a creative, varied and X
appropriate programme of activities that allow both fun and
informal learning for young people.
• Able to perform basic administrative operational tasks X
• IT literacy and ability to use IT systems such as Office, X
Outlook, Social Impact Tracker, social media etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively coupled with good X
listening skills X
• Ability to record progress and development for participants
• An ability to assess needs, monitor outcomes and achieve X
targets X
Personal: • Commitment to the YMCA’s Aims and Purposes and the X
holistic development of young people
• Commitment to ensuring that young people have equal X
opportunities to develop and grow