Targeted Youth Worker

2 months ago

Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone Full time

**Main Purpose**

Working at our Darwen base, the position will lead and manage a number of targeted projects directly with young people aged 8 to 21 years old. Working under the Targeted Team Lead, you will lead group activities for young people with known vulnerabilities (referred by a multi-agency panel) and actively lead an outreach team to effectively provide community-based engagement, positive activity and make appropriate referrals to local grassroots provisions.

You will need to understand the different levels of needs, how to proactively engage young people with known vulnerabilities and with existing barriers to participation and be agile in working with young people in different settings and environments, including centered base youth work, onsite intervention/prevention techniques and open access youth clubs.

You will need to demonstrate the ability to meet KPIs, which may include, however, not limited to, caseload management, youth work practices informal learning delivery and data/administration.

**Main Responsibilities**
- To plan and deliver the outreach and detached programme ensuring that it inspires and motivates young people in a fully inclusive, safe, exceptional, cost-effective, relevant and planned programme, always promoting the values of Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone across different settings.
- To plan and deliver nurturing and encirhing activities to young people with known vulnerabilities and barriers to participation, aiming to support their transition into universal services.
- Design programmes that encourage young people to engage in more positive and constructive activity within their own community.
- To establish relationships of trust and mutual respect with young people and offer them support and encouragement, addressing key issues including health, self-esteem, independent living and managing relationships
- Hold a caseload of young people identified in need of support, providing tailored 1:1 sessions and monitoring and recording sessions on CRM systems
- Responding to behaviour incidents through effective intervention and in line with the club's behavior management policy.
- Signpost young people to appropriate external services (street-based and through formal referral pathways)
- Ability to understand and work with other agencies and youth providers, ensuring that there is an opportunity to share information and encourage a holistic approach across the town
- Evidence work being completed by sharing images, case studies and quotes from Children and Young People throughout the delivery of the provision.
- Respond to Safeguarding trends by developing and delivering issue-based activities.
- Promote our universal provision to the youth referred by Multi-Agency Panels and support their transitions into our services.
- Complete our individual assessments to inform external referrals and internal mentoring programmes.
- Support the transitions of young people moving between clubs or out of B&DYZ
- Lead on CAF assessments where necessary and contribute to TAF, CIN, CP, CLA meeting reports and meetings.
- Commitment to work evenings and weekends, depending on the service needs. Including a minimum of 3 evenings per week.
- Strong ability to capture content and write up impactful reports in relation to your service. Capturing data and demonstrating key learning and evidence of reached outcomes.
- Manage and lead the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems across the responsibility provisions.
- Ensure that funded projects are delivered to a high quality, successfully exceeding all agreed outcomes and using creative ways to capture and demonstrate our impact
- To successfully work towards KPIs relating to attendance, outcomes for young people, project outcomes (funded or internal) and quality standards relating to service quality.
- To lead on achieving KPIs for Universal pre and post impact surveys. Young people will be screened against the toolkit and directed to the right level of intervention in house through the various programmes or signs posted externally to specialist services.
- To adhere to Blackburn and Darwen Youth Zone policies at all times, with particular reference to Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities.

**Safeguarding and Risk Management**
- Lead our “Youth Safe” initiative, which provides an immediate and effective response to young people's safeguard concerns across a three-night provision.
- Support the delivery of the charity’s mission by ensuring all safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by staff and volunteers.
- To have DSL responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people at all times, including recording and documenting all concerns and liaising with the Safeguarding Manager.
- Ensure there is a robust approach to risk management, including person centred risk assessment and risk management process.
- To be a principal key holder, with responsibility for the b

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