Outreach Youth Worker

We’re looking for **Youth Workers**, with excellent youth work and communication skills to engage young people during detached and streets-based settings that include working on the Metro Link. We would like you to have experience in working in a detached setting and understand the differences between centre and detached based youth work. Communication and relationship building skills are key to this role and will rely heavily on working with third parties to identify key hotspots where young people congregate and may be at risk of harm or causing concern to the wider community in North Manchester.

Key Duties will include:

- Deliver high quality detached sessions, which is safe, engaging, and developmental. This will include planning and delivery of regular detached sessions, and contribute towards the planning, delivery, and evaluation of specific projects.
- To work with co-ordinator to identify the hotspots where young people congregate and may be at risk of harm or causing concern to the wider community in North Manchester
- To build positive relationships with young people from a range of backgrounds who do not engage with services and provide interventions that achieve outcomes including helping them develop positive peer relationships, engagement in new activities, personal development, improved self-esteem, positive self-identity, acquisition of new skills, and developing wider networks of support
- To follow dynamic risks assessments that take account of the contextual safeguarding risks of delivering detached youth work in each location

Experience delivering in a detached setting is essential, youth work qualifications are desirable.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Part-time
Part-time hours: 8-10 per week

**Salary**: £11.20 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Gym membership

Schedule:

- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/09/2023