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Issue Based Youth Work Lead

4 months ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Wigan Youth Zone Full time

**Company: Wigan Youth Zone**

**Location: Parsons Walk,**

**Wigan, WN1 1RU**

**Salary: £10.61 per hour**

**Benefits: 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) pro rata. Plus additional leave for length of service. Hybrid work, Birthdays off, Gym access, Training and CPD including First Aid, Safeguarding and Health and Safety, Career development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to work scheme, Strong team culture, Workplace Pension, Free eye tests, discounted to £2 access to holiday club for WYZ staff.**

**Posted: 03/08/2023**

**Closing: 13/08/2023**

**Specialism: Youth Worker, Health and Wellbeing**

**Reports to: Senior Club Manager**

**Contract type: Permanent**

**Hours: Part time hours**

**From 25 hours**

**Work pattern**:
**Mondays 4-9**

**Wednesdays 4-9**

**Thursdays 4-9**

**Saturdays 4-9**

**Admin hours 5hrs (to be fitted around delivery timetable and flexible)**

**All sessions are face to face delivery with young people**

**Organisation type: Charity**

**Issue Based Youth Work Lead**

**Who are we looking for**:
The role of Issue Based Youth Work Lead will lead the delivery of issue-based youth work and awareness. You will be required to work 4 evening sessions face to face delivery within The Base. Delivery hours will be working with on our Senior Club sessions, with young people of high school/college age or young adults with additional needs.

Activities will be delivered within The Base should have a focus on Health and Well-being related topics and themes / issue-based and awareness work round as topics such as Healthy Relationships, Sexual Health, Drugs and Alcohol, Bullying, Body Image, Internet Safety to name a few.

The job will additionally require you to Lead the Issue Based Youth workers in delivery of a program for the Base and for you to work closely with them to develop a Youth Led and exciting Issue Based Curriculum. You will work closely with Senior Club Manger to support the management of a Budget, Timesheets and supervision of the Issue Based Youth work Team. Admin hours will be allocated for Planning of the Issue Base program for the Base. You will also support getting the Resources required to deliver an exciting offer for young people.

**What will you need to succeed**:

- Experience at face-to-face activity delivery, working with children and young people both in groups and individually - Essential
- Experience of delivering activities and / or targeted personal development programmes - Essential
- Experience of working with young women
- Essential
- Experience of supporting young people who are disaffected, underachieving and / or have social / emotional barriers to participation - Desirable
- Experience of working in a team and alongside volunteers
- Essential
- Experience at organising a programme of youth work activities - Essential
- Experience of working with challenging young people - Desirable
- Residential work with young people - Desirable
- Strong commitment to children and young people and an ability to engage and build positive relationships with all young people, including disengaged and disadvantaged young people - Essential
- Ability to develop good professional relationships with children, young people and adults - Essential
- Ability to work with young people to develop their social education by providing programmes of activities, services and facilities that are fun and enable young people to develop - Essential
- Ability to coach, encourage, motivate and provide reliable support to children and young people - Essential
- Confident in managing a group of children and young people - Essential
- Ability to deliver high quality activity programmes with children and young people who face social exclusion, disadvantage and disaffection - Essential
- Ability to identify and challenge discrimination and discriminatory behaviour, taking appropriate action as necessary - Essential
- Understanding of the principles of working with children and young people
- Desirable
- Ability to engage with all types of people from young people, community members and colleagues to official visitors and Board Directors
- Willingness to support the Youth Work team in ensuring a safe and fun environment for all Youth Zone members - Essential
- Experience of working in a team and alongside volunteers - Desirable
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Essential
- Good communication and interpersonal skills - Essential
- Excellent time keeper - Essential
- IT literate - Essential

**Knowledge and Understanding**
- Knowledge of the issues affecting young people and an ability to work with challenging behaviour
- Understanding of the principles of working with children and young people
- Knowledge of health and safety, diversity awareness and safeguarding best practice and how these relate to children and young people

**Qualifications**
- Introduction to Youth/Play Work, Youth and Community Work NVQ / VRQ Level 1
- GCSE English and