Youth Support Worker

5 months ago


Southampton, United Kingdom YMCA Fairthorne Group Full time

**Youth Support Worker**

**George Wiliams House, Southampton**

**£23,000 to £25,000 per annum**

**Hours: 37.5 Monday to Friday**

**Some flexibility needed for occasional weekend and Bank Holiday working**

**Benefits to you**:

- Employer pension contribution
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays FTE, increasing with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days
- Option to purchase additional annual leave (up to 10 days per annum)
- Employee Assistance Program with Health Assured
- 50% discount on nursery fees
- Day camps discounts: 1 week free and 1 week at 50% per child per annum
- Campsite and activities discounts at YMCA Fairthorne Manor
- Cycle to work scheme

**Job Purpose**:
YMCA George Williams, Southampton is located close to Southampton City centre and is a purpose-built housing facility accommodating 52 people aged 16-25, some of whom have complex needs, supporting them to live independently. As a key member of the Youth Engagement Team working at Southampton this post will deliver evidenced-based and youth-focused programmes to residents and the wider Southampton Community.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Develop, promote and deliver engaging and relevant activities and programmes on a daily basis to young people
- Support, mentor, coach and ‘walk alongside’ individual young people in their pursuit of their personal goals
- Undertake risk assessments and support planning
- Support the delivery of activities that involve the wider community, including at our adjacent youth centre
- Engage with third parties to enable them to deliver specialist support and activities to young people
- Act as an advocate for young people and to signpost and support access for them into agencies and services appropriate to the young people’s needs
- Actively support job search, training, and volunteering opportunities with young people who are not in education, employment, or training

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Demonstrable experience of programme delivery in youth, adult or community-based service
- A strong advocate for young people who have complex needs
- Knowledge of trauma informed approaches
- Experience of working with young people who have experienced trauma, poor emotional wellbeing or substance misuse will be useful
- Ability to react positively and effectively when faced with unwanted high-risk behaviours from young people
- Good level of IT proficiency
- An understanding of safeguarding principles and procedures
- An understanding of the issues facing young people
- A commitment to equality and diversity

**Successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via Disclosure and Barring Service.**

**We are an equal opportunities charity with commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person


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