Youth Worker

3 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Aspire Oxford Full time

**About YPSA and Aspire**

Young People’s Supported Accommodation (YPSA) is a service commissioned through the local authority to house young people referred by Oxfordshire County Council. Oxfordshire Youth have joined forces with Response to provide an innovative new approach to supported accommodation for young people aged 18-24 in Oxfordshire. The new YPSA model aims to support young people to transform their lives by engaging with life-changing opportunities in education, employment and training.

This role will be to act as a bridge between YPSA and Aspire Oxfordshire, supporting young people to access new opportunities. Aspire is an award-winning, Oxford based employment charity and social enterprise, founded in 2001.

We create accessible activities, meaningful and supported work placements, training and employment opportunities and access to education for young people from across Oxfordshire facing complex barriers. We aim to increase confidence levels, self-esteem, work readiness, independence and life skills. Many of the young people within the YPSA service are Leaving Care, Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers and/or have experienced a wide variety of Adverse Childhood Experiences. These young people are our future change makers, defined by their resilience, tenacity and potential. Oxfordshire Youth Progression Coaches use a youth-work approach underpinned by the principles of Trauma-Informed Care to empower young people to make positive steps forward in their lives. Your relationship with the team of Progression Coaches is essential to establishing rapport with the team and young people on your caseload.

**Overall Purpose of Job**

Reporting to Aspire’s Youth Hub Manager, the postholder will:

- Be responsible for working collaboratively with Oxfordshire Youth and Aspire to support the engagement of eligible young people within the YPSA service. You will be the initial point of contact, promoting opportunities, activities, training and employment pathways that are available to young people aged 18-24.
- Encourage and support clients to participate in targeted career & employability development advice. Helping them to identify local education, training and employment opportunities to progress their skills and employability.
- Provide information to young people referred by YPSA Progression Coaches to help them to progress into employment or training, supporting them to overcome barriers and create individualised support plans. This would include promotion of and engagement in social inclusion activities to build confidence, social skills, teamwork and support progression into employment.

The post holder must demonstrate their ability to commit to client-centred, multi-agency, partnership working. You must also demonstrate an ability to engage with young people aged 18-24 who need support to progress into training, education or employment.

**Key tasks and accountabilities**

Key tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post holder. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time.

**Key tasks**
- Work collaboratively with Oxfordshire Youth and Aspire to identify and engage young people within the YPSA service in Oxford City and West Oxfordshire. This may involve travelling with young people between both areas.
- Support a caseload of at least 8 young people at any given time.
- Ability to quickly build a rapport, assessing the needs of the young person and creating a plan to help them progress into education, training or employment. It is essential that all activities and opportunities are based on the wishes of the young people involved. All actions must be led by the young people, identifying their passions, interests and ideas.
- Support and encourage participation on a range of opportunities to help participants to build their self-confidence, gain qualifications, further their personal development and future prospects.
- Keep accurate records of participant referrals for purposes such as monitoring reports and support records. To provide 6 - 8 case studies per year detailing steps taken, soft and hard outcomes.
- Attend weekly YPSA area meetings to maintain a close working relationship with YPSA team members including Area Managers and Progression Coaches.
- Maintain a close relationship with Oxfordshire Youth. Encouraging young people to engage with Youth Voice, the Youth Engagement Team and the Youth Forum Network.
- Ensure that risk assessments for activities are completed.
- Ensure that all safeguarding concerns are communicated immediately to the YPSA Progression Coach supporting the young person and follow all necessary safeguarding procedures according to Aspire policies and procedures.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of all opportunities available to young people at Aspire by attendin

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