Youth and Children's Worker

4 weeks ago

Leigh, United Kingdom Christ Church Pennington Full time

Key duties would include:
Strategy, Vision, and Leadership
- To work with the Vicar, and Youth and Children’s Steering Group, to map out a vision and develop a strategy outreach to and and pastoral care of children and young people, including planting new congregations.
- To participate in opportunities for personal development and training, as well as prayer and reflection.
- To recruit, train, support and encourage members of the volunteer leadership team, and to supervise our Pais youthwork apprentice team and other potential interns.
- To produce and present regular reports of the work and its impact to the PCC and church leadership.

Outreach
- To coordinate outreach activities for children and young people, including development of teams and implementation of plans for planting new congregations, as well as Prayer Spaces in Schools.
- To continue to build on the relationship with local primary and secondary schools, as well as other local organisations
- To envision, resource and equip young people to engage with mission and social action in response to their faith.

Pastoral Care
- To encourage children and young people through active commitment as a worshipping member of Christ Church Pennington.
- To lead our church young people’s groups, including Sunday groups and weekly groups, as well as participation in conferences and youth camps.
- To develop regular worship opportunities led by the young people

Safeguarding and Administration
- To work with the Parish Safeguarding Officer to ensure implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures
- To work in accordance with various policies including Health & Safety, Safeguarding, and Data Protection.
- To work with the Fundraising and Income Steering Group to raise funds for the development of youth and children’s work at Christ Church Pennington

Skills and Experience

Key skills and experience include the following:

- Passion for young people and the gospel, and a clear evangelistic focus to their work.
- Ability to prepare and implement creative teaching programmes and term plans. Interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate appropriately to a variety of different people.
- Understanding of issues facing young people today and how the church might support them in navigating these issues.
- Ability to work within a team, as well as being self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Ability to manage time efficiently and prioritise tasks whilst ensuring punctuality and reliability at all times.
- Ability to produce and present reports in a timely manner.
- Has a good knowledge of child protection issues, and health and safety issues
- Ability to identify, train and support volunteer leaders, including creating rotas and systems for volunteers
- Provide line management for interns
- Experience of fundraising
- Proficient, up-to-date use of IT to communicate effectively to young people
- Ability to navigate a wide range of social media platforms and communication tools

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm
Contract length: 36 months

**Salary**: £19,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Ability to Commute:

- Leigh (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Leigh: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 08/03/2024
Reference ID: Christian Youth and Children's worker
Expected start date: 01/04/2024

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