Youth Support Worker

7 months ago

Basingstoke, United Kingdom YMCA Fairthorne Group Full time

**Youth Support Worker**

**YMCA Basingstoke, RG21 4QD**

**Hours: 20 hours per week - 5/7 days**

**Occasional evening, weekend and bank holiday working may be required.**

**Salary: £23,795 per annum FTE**

**Job Purpose**

YMCA Basingstoke is located in Basingstoke town centre and is a purpose-built housing facility accommodating 83 people aged 18-35, supporting them to live independently. As a key member of the Youth Engagement Team working at Basingstoke this post will work alongside the Community Manager to deliver evidenced-based and youth-focused programmes to residents and the wider Basingstoke Community.

**Benefits**
- Career progression opportunities
- Employer pension
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays FTE, increasing with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days
- Option to purchase additional leave (up to 10 days a year)
- 50% discount on nursery fees
- Enhanced Maternity
- Day camps discounts: 1 week free and 1 week at 50% per child per annum
- Campsite and activities discounts at YMCA Fairthorne Manor: campsite, river hire, activities, daycamps.
- 30% discount on food in Cafes: Fairthorne, Eastleigh and Andover.
- Wellbeing assistance programme
- Cycle to work scheme

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**
- At all times work within the YMCA Way.
- Develop, promote and deliver engaging and relevant social activities and programmes on a daily basis to young people.
- Support, mentor, coach and ‘walk alongside’ individuals in their pursuit of independence and community cohesion.
- Undertake risk assessments and support planning interviews with new residents.
- Develop community minded support and activities that involve the wider community.
- Engage third parties to deliver support and activities to young people.
- To act as an advocate for young people and to engage partner agencies and services appropriate to the young people’s needs.
- Actively encourage job search, training, and volunteering opportunities with young people who are not in education, employment, or training.
- Facilitate the booking and delivery of community-based programmes.
- Undertake risk assessments and support planning with young people.
- A willingness to work to a rota system including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
- Act in the interests of your own safety & the safety of others at all times.
- Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene, timekeeping, cleanliness and neatness.
- Undertake training and professional development.
- Anything else reasonably requested by the management of the charity.

**Person Specification & Key Competencies**

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Demonstrable experience of programme delivery in youth, adult or community-based service
- An ability and willingness to relate positively to young people, visitors and staff
- An outgoing and friendly personality, able to communicate well and engage a wide range of people
- Ability to react positively and effectively when faced with unwanted high-risk behaviours from young people, whether targeted towards themselves, staff, visitors or other young people.
- Good level of IT proficiency.
- Knowledge of housing support services and processes.
- An understanding of safeguarding principles and procedures
- An understanding of the issues facing young people
- An understanding of equality and diversity matters.

**Personal Attributes**
- A genuine enthusiasm for the work of the charity.
- An outgoing and friendly personality, able to communicate well and engage positively with a wide range of people including with young people, visitors and staff.
- The ability to motivate and inspire others
- An ability to work under pressure and manage challenging situations.
- Good organisational skills in order to manage a highly varied and unpredictable workload.
- A creative and flexible approach to work.
- **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**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £23,795.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

**Benefits**:

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

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Youth work: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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