Youth Engagement Worker

3 weeks ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Positive Steps Full time

**Title**: Youth Engagement Worker

**Hours**: 36

**Salary**: £19,682.88 to £20,746.82 (Subject to Job Evaluation April 2023)

**Reporting**: Operational Manager

**Contract**: Fixed Term until September 2023

We are looking to recruit a Youth Engagement worker to join our team. You will provide support for young people pre and post 16, this will include one to one and supporting group work activities in schools/colleges and community settings. The role includes engaging and working with young people to aid their personal development and motivation to support successful transition. The Youth Engagement worker will work closely with relevant Career Advisers and Career Coaches and develop innovative methods to engage and work with young people to help them to achieve positive outcomes. The role also includes working to both quantitative and qualitative targets and establishing effective partner relationships with schools, colleges, learning providers, employers and key partners.

**Closing Date: 27th January 2023**

**Short-listing: 30th January 2023**

**Interviews: W/C 6th February 2023**

**JOB PURPOSE**

To provide support for young people to enable them to move into education, employment and training (EET) or to sustain a EET opportunity

**PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide activities and interventions for young people to improve EET outcomes
- Provide activities and interventions for young people in line with relevant legislation, quality standards and best practice to safeguard the service
- Maintain relationships with other professionals to improve outcomes for young people
- To undertake accurate, timely recording using digital case load management systems to meet contract requirements
- Undertake any other duties in order to meet service and organisational objectives following consultation with your manager

**Key Relationships - Internal & External**
- External - Employers, Youth Community and Education Providers
- Internal - Staff and volunteers

**Experience**
- Demonstrable experience of working with young people
- Demonstrable experience of developing productive and effective relationships with young people
- Demonstrable experience of partnership working
- Demonstrable experience of communicating through verbal and written presentations
- Demonstrable experience in promoting diversity

**Knowledge**
- Awareness of Education and Guidance Services
- Awareness of safeguarding legislation and guidance, implementation of Child Protection and vulnerable adult Procedures and the boundaries of professional relationships
- Awareness of adolescent development
- Understanding of Health & Safety legal requirements and best practice

**Skills**
- Primary skills in engaging, supporting and motivating young people
- * Primary communication and presentational skills
- Primary skills in creativity and original thinking with the ability to develop practical solutions to problems
- Primary inter -personal and team working skills
- Basic skills in literacy and numeracy
- Primary skills in Microsoft Office and database systems

**Personal Attributes**
- Sound judgement and awareness of political sensitivities
- Resilient and able to work independently as required
- Sound professional and tactical judgement and the ability to establish priorities and principles
- Commitment to Positive Steps vision and value

**Additional Requirements**
- Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of customers and the organisation
- Ability to travel throughout the region
- Evening and weekend work required
- Enhanced DBS required

**OUR VISION & VALUES**

**OUR VISION -** People and communities inspired to take control of their lives

**OUR VALUES**
- **REFLECTIVE**:

- We reflect upon learning using our knowledge and experience to create and develop new ways of working
- **EMPOWERING**:

- We support people and communities to succeed through personal achievement
- **ASPIRATIONAL**:

- We encourage and support people and communities to aim high and achieve their ambition
- **INCLUSIVE**:

- We consult and involve colleagues, clients and partners in all that we do
- **ADAPTABLE** - We strive for improvement through recognising innovation and improving ways of working

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: £19,682.88-£20,746.82 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Oldham, OL1 1DJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you willing to have an Enhanced DBS check?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oldham, OL1 1DJ

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