Youth Worker

Permanent

**Location**:Hainault Youth Centre and Loxford Youth Centre**

The Redbridge Youth Service is committed to encouraging, empowering, and challenging young people to achieve their potential through a range of positive activities and enjoyable informal learning opportunities.

The Youth Service comprises of several teams, working with young people in universal settings, as well as providing targeted support to individuals and families. We want to recruit passionate Youth Workers to work at the two Youth Centres in after school / early evening sessions.

Hainault is an established Youth Centre that is open 2 after school sessions and 3 evenings a week. There are opportunities to expand and enhance the current Youth Work offer.

Main role:

- To engage with young people to deliver face to face work at the Youth Centres.
- To create informal learning and education opportunities using music, media, cooking, sports or creative arts
- To engage with vulnerable young people and support them in their transition to adulthood.

Hours are Tuesday 2.30 to 8.30pm, Wednesday 2.45 to 5.45pm and Thursday 6.45pm to 9.45pm.

**About Redbridge Council**:
Redbridge is an ambitious, diverse and exciting east-London Borough. What we do is driven by changing our relationship with local people to support our vision. As a result, we have developed innovative ways to build our communities and transform our Council.

We are one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse London Borough. Our communities are attracted by a mixture of excellent schools, relatively affordable housing, high-quality open space and rapid transport connections into the heart of the city.

At Redbridge we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work culture that is friendly, supportive, encourages new ideas and ultimately supports our aims to improve the standard of lives for all our residents.

**Benefits of working for Redbridge Council**:
As well as a competitive salary, we are proud of the benefits we offer our employees, which include.
- Excellent Pension provision via a salary-related, defined benefit scheme.
- JNC terms and conditions for statutory and public holidays.
- Health and wellbeing; access to professional support and services.
- Excellent on the job training and development.
- Carer Passport Scheme, support to staff who look after family/friends with a disability
- Nuffield Health - discounted rates for annual membership

**Application process**:
Applications not submitted via this route will not be accepted.

**and Person Specification**

**Interviews will be held W/C 18**th** December 2023