Youth Worker

7 months ago

North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom YMCA Bellshill & Mossend Full time

You will be a dynamic and effective team member with excellent communication and time management skills with a commitment to delivering a high-quality service in line with our mission and values. You will provide one to one support for young people identified by your project co-ordinator and support children and young people to access services and support the to make positive life choices.

**Values & Behaviours**
- Be part of a **Safe** space for you, the team and others to flourish and grow
- Always be **Honest** about your abilities and be able to ask for help when required
- Be **Accountable** for your actions
- Have a **Non-judgemental** attitude towards your peers, team, stakeholders, and clients
- Be **Adaptable** in your outlook and have a positive attitude to change.
- Have **Respect** for the insights, skills and opinions of your peers, team, stakeholders and clients
- Be **Resourceful **and able to produce positive outcomes under challenging circumstances
- Be **Inspired** to do great work and lead by example

**Person Specification**

**Experience**
- Previous experience working with young people, particularly in a mentoring or supportive role
- An understanding or experience of youth related community issues
- An understanding or experience in the role of a youth worker/befriender
- An understanding or experience in challenging risk behaviours
- Good knowledge of key issues around child wellbeing and protection
- Knowledge of local beneficial services and activities aimed at young people

**Skills & Abilities**
- A friendly supportive and empathetic approach
- Excellent active listening skills including sensitivity to non-verbal cues
- Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop strong relationships with children and young people
- Ability to grasp new concepts quickly and have the confidence to implement them
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work as a team in a manner consistent with the values and mission of the organisation

**Qualifications**
- Youth Work qualification or relevant experience

**Job Outputs**

**Role Output**

**Includes the requirement to**:
**Children & Young People**
- Co-Design and deliver support and development opportunities for participants
- Enable young people to enjoy improved health and wellbeing in line with the allocated project outcomes
- Improve young person’s self-confidence and self esteem
- Reduce social isolation by supporting a young person to access activities in the community and engage in a range of beneficial activities
- Create a valued relationship with your young person(s)
- Establish and maintain appropriate boundaries within relationships
- Meet, spend time and share activities with the young person at an agreed public place
- Work with the young person and project co-ordinator to ensure that the best and most suitable service is being offered to the young person

**Communication**
- Excellent active listening skills including sensitivity to non-verbal cues
- A friendly supportive and empathetic approach
- A non-judgemental approach and the ability to work with young people who come from diverse backgrounds and who may be vulnerable and hard to reach
- Excellent one to one and group communication skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Active participation in monthly job chats with your line manager

**Reporting & Administration & Training**
- Complete monitoring and evaluations in consultation with young person
- Undertake training as required and in particular Child Wellbeing and Protection training
- Fully understand all policies and processes used within Bellshill & Mossend YMCA
- Provide regular updates and reports through the Lamplight system which will be used by the Project co-ordinator and senior management

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20 per week

**Salary**: £9.90-£11.32 per hour

Work Location: On the road

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