Health & Beauty Youth Worker

The Health & Beauty offer at WEST is wide-ranging and includes hair, makeup, skincare, health and wellness. As a member of the Health & Wellness Team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and creative wellness programmes that will be challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental. You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single, or range of activities around health, wellness and beauty, enabling young people to explore their creativity and grow their skills. Within the health & wellness team, we are looking for a range of talented wellbeing youth workers with a diverse set of skills and expertise, who are also passionate about working with young people. Ideally, you will have experience delivering one or more of the following arts:

• Makeup, Skincare and Nails, Fashion, sewing, crocheting and expressive art and design
• Wellbeing and Health Workshops
• Personal Youth Development
• Any style of Hair, Makeup and nails including but not limited to Classic Hairstyles, Braiding and protective styles (Locs and Bantu Knots) and Creative and trendy styles. Natural and Glamour Makeup and artistic/creative styles. Natural nails or extensions, Biab or Bio Sculpture and press ons.

Please note that to be successful, you do not need to be proficient in every area of the type

of beauty, we are interested in seeing the skills and experience you can bring to WEST

Youth workers plan and deliver high quality youth work that supports young people in their

personal, social and educational development. The role will require you to assist with

Juniors yrs) and/or Seniors yrs) and/or Beyond (members with additional needs up to 25 yrs).

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Together with the Junior Club Manager, Senior Club Manager and our Health & Wellness Coordinator, develop and implement an health & wellbeing programme that is exciting, challenging and ever- changing.
• To deliver activities to young people ranging from Makeup, skincare, nails and healthy wellbeing such as mental health awareness, life skills, body confidence, self-care, social wellbeing, mental & emotional wellbeing and physical health activities
• To listen to young people's ideas and create a seasonal health & wellness programme.
• To work directly with young people to develop their social skills. The role is 100% face to face delivery with young people.
• To directly deliver a high-quality programme of activity that is exciting, safe, varied, innovative, developmental and directly responds to the diverse needs, concerns and interests of our members.
• To have great energy to establish positive relationships with young people and the wider youth work team and visitors to the Youth Zone.
• To respond to the needs of the young people through activities and project work.
• To support and motivate volunteer youth workers.
• To work flexibly to ensure the needs of the members are met, including disadvantaged young people and those with disabilities or additional needs.
• To ensure that the members maintain a high standard of behaviour and discipline during sessions by making the area a hub of activity and fun.
• To ensure the participation of young people in activities and that their ideas contribute fully in the delivery of activities in a safe way.
• To encourage attendance and participation in health & wellbeing activities, particularly by young people who do not usually participate.
• To assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at WEST Youth Zone. To actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership.
• To promote and safeguard the welfare of young people at all times .
• To be able to think on your feet and deliver an activity with minimal equipment and to be resourceful.
• Ability to enthuse others including core staff, youth workers, volunteers, and young people.
• To make the environment fun and the place young people want to be.
• To be an active member of the team and operate in line with the values and principles of WEST Youth Zone.
• To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of Youth Zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using the safeguarding policies, procedures and practice (training to be provided).
• Comply with all policies, procedures, and codes of conduct, with particular reference to Safeguarding, Health & Safety, and Equality and Diversity.
• Carry out any other duties and admin as requested by management.

SELECTION CRITERIA

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working with groups of young people aged 8 to 19, or up to aged 25 with a disability.

Essential

• Experience of delivering Beauty, Health & Wellness sessions such as mental & emotional health, social wellbeing and self-care & body confidence to young people

Essential

• Experience of team working and working alongside volunteers.

Essential

• Experience in one or more beauty/wellbeing treatment.

Essential

• Experience of delivering events / displays

Desirable

• Experience of delivering events,displays or exhibitions .

Desirable

• Experience of working with young people from diverse backgrounds and with challenging needs

Desirable

• Level 2 Beauty qualification or equivalent

Desirable

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to deliver high quality health & wellbeing programmes with young people who face social exclusion, disadvantage and disaffection and manage such a group.

Essential

• Able to work as part of a team and under own initiative.

Essential

• Able to plan and evaluate the programme of activities, including production of session plans and evaluations.

Essential

• Able to communicate effectively with young people, parents, team members and members of the public.

Essential

• Ability to engage and build positive relationships with young people including disengaged and disadvantaged young people.

Essential

• Knowledge of health and safety, diversity awareness and safeguarding best practice

Essential

• Excellent timekeeper

Essential

• A willingness to work unsociable hours when required

Essential

• Flexible and a willingness to cover events, holidays and staff absence

Essential

• Satisfactory DBS clearance and committed to safeguarding children

Essential

• Understand the principles of working with young people, the issues

Essential

• Basic knowledge of beauty and health & wellbeing pathways

Essential

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply, please:

• To apply, send your CV and application form to Interviews will be ongoing and applications will close once an offer of employment is made. WEST Youth Zone are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable groups. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: £13.85 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• On-site gym

Application question(s):

• The shift pattern for this roles are Thursdays , Friday and Saturday , Would you be able to work on these days?

Licence/Certification:

• Level 2 Beauty Qualification (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person