Engagement Worker

Action for Children
**Role: Engagement Worker (Youth Adult)**

**Salary**: £13.00 per hour

**Contract/Hours**:Casual 3 hrs per week Tuesday evening between 5.30pm -8.30pm.

**Location**:Guernsey

**Benefits**:

- Paid annual leave.
- Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
- Pension scheme
- Employee wellbeing support
- Employee discount portal with all your favourite brands
- Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

**Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.**

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

**Why Action for Children?**

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of thousands of children.

**A bit about the role.**

Guernsey Youth Housing project offers support service to assists young people between the ages of 13- 25 on the issues of homelessness, living skills, substance misuse and employment.

We provide a welcoming and accessible service that respects and values young people as individuals we are professional, non-judgemental, and confidential encouraging young people to make informed healthy decisions.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Engagement worker to support a small number of young adults (17-21) at our new youth group in Guernsey.

You will be working in a small but dynamic team, creating exciting youth provision, whilst providing a safe social space for young adults to come together.

**How you'll help to create brighter futures**.
- Working with young people to deliver fun and exciting activities.
- Engaging with young people and supervising activities that respond to the needs of the group you are working with.
- Offering sessions that explore themes, such as relationships, friendships, keeping safe and many other topics in an age and stage appropriate way.
- Retaining records, using various IT systems.
- Working effectively as part of a small team, liaising with colleagues to deliver engaging youth group delivery for young people.

**Let's talk about you.**
- Experience of working with young people and families.
- Experience of, supporting, and contributing to service activities for Children or young people.
- Some Flexibility in work arrangements to ensure delivery of service.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next

**Talent Pool**

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

**Diversity, equality, and inclusion**

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

**Don't meet every single requirement?**

**Want to know more about Action for Children?**

Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.