Youth Development Specialist

3 days ago


Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

Job Overview

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We are seeking a dedicated Youth Development Specialist to join our team in South Essex.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing the Youth Service offer by working with identified young people who are at risk of not engaging in employment, education and training.

As a specialist, you will provide in-depth, evidence-based one-to-one intensive mentoring, bespoke groupwork packages, and positive activities to empower young people to overcome barriers to education and reach their full potential.

You will support young people of school age requiring impartial advice and guidance to re-engage in education as well as progression into post-16 opportunities such as appropriate employment, education, training, and vocational opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include identifying opportunities, enabling them to fulfill their potential, and accessing universal services. You will also engage in mentoring and reintegration work that supports the government's statutory guidance for pupils of alternative provision for those at a compulsory education age.

Responsibilities

  • Assist young people in overcoming barriers to access universal services and learning or employment, providing impartial advice, information, and guidance.
  • Work with young people, their families, and schools to remove barriers to education and learning in line with the DfE statutory guidance on Alternative Provision.
  • Manage a defined caseload of young people to establish their needs and offer intervention in line with external contracts.
  • Effective management of staff, renewing and reflecting on professional practice to achieve continuous improvement in performance.
  • Support the development and delivery of intensive support to identified young people within a cost-recoverable framework.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, including senior school-based staff, social care, SEND, Youth Offending Service, Housing, and partner agencies, to provide wider support to young people.
  • Deliver high-quality one-to-one interventions, mentoring, and group work through positive activities that are cost-effective, planned, actioned, and evaluated.
  • Negotiate with schools, colleges, employers, and other agencies to ensure coherent support for young people.

Requirements

  • Educated to IAG qualification, Dip CG, QCG, or NVQ 4 LDDS (minimum NVQ 4) level.
  • Preferably working towards level 6 LDDS, with evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in the relevant professional area.
  • Broad understanding of the issues affecting young people, opportunities for learning, and services provided by partner organizations.
  • Experience of line management of staff, extensive work with young people on a one-to-one basis, and in groups.
  • Proven experience of successfully progressing young people into employment, education, and training opportunities.
  • Excellent communication skills, ability to relate to young people in a purposeful but responsive manner, and demonstrable knowledge and understanding of their needs.

What We Offer

Salary: £27,663 - £32,545 per annum, dependent on qualifications and experience.

About Us

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.

We are also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.



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