Alternative Provision Youth Leader

7 days ago

Ilkeston, United Kingdom Parkside High CIC Full time

**Job Details**

Job Title**:Alternative Provision Youth Leader**

Section: Alternative Learning and Youth Development

Responsible to: Project Manager

Responsible for: Young People

Pay grading: £22,450 - £26,000 (Salary negotiable)

Contract: Full Time (37.5 Hours per week)

Contract Duration: Permanent (1 Year rolling dependant of funding)

Parkside High CIC are a local grassroots Youth Organisation based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. We offer a range of activities, support and alternative learning opportunities for Children & Young People aged 8 to 18 years. Our mission is to inspire, encourage and support young people to unlock their inner potential and achieve success.

Young people access the project to learn new skills whilst having fun and building new relationships. We deliver programmes in Sport + Physical Activity + Youth Leadership + Outdoor Adventure + Forest Schools + Multi-Media +Art & Music + Volunteering

Parkside High deliver programmes across The Borough of Erewash and the wider area of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. We are based at The POD Youth & Community Centre in Ilkeston and have a 2nd Site - Garden61 Youth & Community Allotment.

**The Role**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Youth Leader to join our growing organisation. The role will focus on the direct engagement with young people in an alternative learning environment with some wider community work involved, either based at the POD Youth and Community Centre in Ilkeston, Garden 61 allotment in Cotmanhay or at other venues in the borough.

Due to the growth of our Alternative Learning Provision, you will be supporting referred young people with complex need by providing positive opportunities to help them build healthy relationships and make informed life choices, all within a safe environment, meeting the requirements of the schools. This will include planning our sessions and wider programme in line with Parkside Highs curriculum intent.

You will be responsible for coordinating and delivering activity sessions for young people including group sessions and one-to-one, with the responsibility for the planning and delivery of these programmes having the freedom and independence to create activities to suit your participants.

You will act as role model to young people, supporting them with social skills, building friendships groups and encouraging active lifestyles.

This is a new role, and you will have the opportunity to be creative and contribute to the design of a vibrant alternative learning offer in this position, in line with the aims of the project.

The post will be 37.5 hours per week on a permanent contract, on a rolling basis. These will be flexible working hours with a requirement of some evenings and some weekends where required. Overtime opportunities may also be available.

**Main Responsibilities**
- To engage children and young people through a variety of positive activities, arranging and facilitating subsequent sessions.
- To provide one to one mentoring for identified young people where required.
- To lead, plan and organise outcome focussed activities to engage young people during sessions, underpinned by methods to overcome individual social, educational and emotional barriers and to create personal development plans.
- To establish positive and interactive relationships with young people in group and one to one settings.
- To lead volunteers and junior staff allocating roles and responsibilities where required pre, during and post sessions.
- Manage workloads efficiently prioritising this effectively allowing changes yet ensuring all administrative duties are completed within required time-lines and stored correctly.
- To help each young person develop life skills and accomplish specific goals, helping them to improve their mental health and well-being, predominantly through fun and positive learning activities
- To monitor each mentee and record progress reports after each session.
- To gather monitoring and evaluation data from each young person.
- Responsible for the health and safety of yourself, staff and young people within your care during activities.
- Effectively safeguard young people under your supervision. Following Parkside safeguarding policy and procedures at all times.

**Essential**
- Experience in the delivery of youth initiatives and working with young people in a variety of settings
- Experience facilitating activities for groups of children and young people
- Ability to engage with young people on a level that brings the best out of them and supports positive change
- Personal commitment to addressing the needs of the most vulnerable young people in the borough.
- Positive, resilient and fun
- Good organisation skills and time management
- Current driving licence
- Ability to lead and plan and evaluate sessions, take the initiative and create exciting and innovative sessions
- Professional, reliable and considerate
- Willingness to work outdoors all year round
- Knowledge of curr

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