Youth Engagement Project Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Preston, United Kingdom AFC Fylde Community Foundation Full time

**Job Title**:Youth Engagement Project Co-ordinator

**Territory Area**:Fylde

**Direct Reports**:Assistant Foundation Director

**Hours**:40 hours per week - including evenings and weekends

**Salary**: £23,000 - £26,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

**Location**:Mill Farm Sports Village, Coronation Way, Wesham, PR4 3JZ

**Main Duties**
- Co-ordinate the overall delivery of the Champions Project ensuring the project reaches and surpasses all targets, as set out in project plan.
- Work with individuals and groups of people aged 10-25 years old to reduce offending behaviour and risk to others.
- Mentor the participants with signposting to other agencies and provide wrap around support where required.
- Work alongside partners such as Lancashire Police, Lancashire Violence Reduction Network and Lancashire Child and Youth Justice Service on the Champions project to identify and work with participants involved in, or at significant risk of involvement in offending behaviour.
- Plan and deliver a range of activities and workshops to engage participants and support a positive change in behaviour.
- Conduct 1:1 interventions and activities with participants, identifying their needs and tailoring sessions to support them whilst managing risk.
- Support the delivery of other intervention projects and work with the Assistant Foundation Director to identify other opportunities and projects.
- Coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of the Champions project and compile evidence on the progress of individuals in order to report back to the key funders.
- Ensure all activities are correctly monitored with the appropriate risk assessments, safeguarding and health and safety procedures put in place.
- Be a flexible member of the AFC Fylde Community Foundation team and when requested assist in the delivery of other projects and activities including evenings and weekends.

**Health and Safety**:

- Fully endorse, demonstrate, and carry out the Foundation’s health and safety policy.
- Comply with all group policies and statutory regulations relating to health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your workplace and assist if required with the amending of risk assessments periodically.
- Have a full knowledge of procedures for evacuation with regards to fire safety.
- Identify and report maintenance requirements or hazards within the workplace and encourage any workforce to do the same to avoid injury.

**Safeguarding**:

- The Foundation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment.
- The employee must act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are in their care or attending the group’s premises. The employee must report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the Foundation Director.

**General**:

- Cooperate fully with colleagues and be flexible when assisting them in response to business needs of the Foundation.
- Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and customers.
- The above job description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the group.

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Hold a recognised Youth Work qualification (or relevant lived experience)
- Emergency First Aid
- Hold a safeguarding qualification or evidence of recent professional training
- Experience of working with hard-to-reach young people in a youth work setting to achieve successful outcomes
- Proven track record of working with people at risk of involvement in violence and affecting positive change in behaviour
- Experience of working alongside key agencies including youth offending teams, youth services and police to manage risks they may face

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively plan and prioritise own work and workload of others
- Ability to be proactive and decisive when leading programmes/ projects.
- Have an understanding of the local communities and the challenges that it faces
- Have the confidence and competence to talk to young people who may be distrusting of adults.
- Perseverance with young people who are hard to work with, looking beyond challenging behaviour and recognising vulnerabilities which underpin this.
- Have excellent knowledge of local referral agencies, and the ability to engage them in the project
- An awareness and understanding of wider issues such as exploitation, gangs, domestic violence, community violence
- A sound understanding of Equality and Diversity and the challenges of engaging with underrepresented groups.

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