Youth Engagement Officer

**What's involved with this role**:
**Ref number**: Tower Hamlets CTP RQ1392588**

**Enhanced DBS disclosure required**

**Please note that this can include working in the early evening as well as providing occasional cover for appointments/reparation on Sunday's.**

Developing, organising and facilitating community reparation placements. Supervising children/young people attending these community reparation placements and monitoring attendance to support Youth Justice Service practitioners to manage interventions. Keeping records up-to-date and ensuring compliance and enforcement in line with the Youth Justice Service breach procedure, and through the Court process when necessary.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Implement the coordination and delivery of peer led Programmes, events andyouth activity such as but not limited to the Care council, weekly care leavers club sessions, young carers sessions, youth inspections & commissioning, young mayor’s offer/ elections, group work, leadership, youth achievement awards, local democracy week, takeover day and young women specific programmes that provides a platform for children and young people to have a voice, be empowered and supports in their personal, social, emotional, health and educational development and progression.
- Deliver a varied offer of youth participation activities, events and programmes for children and young people, through but not limited to, accredited programmes, one
- to-one work, group work, volunteering, the provision of partnership led sessions, youth voice & influence, active citizenship and leadership programmes, participation and youth led opportunities including peer led training that enhances access to opportunities and leads to positive outcomes.
- Work with the team manager, colleagues and young people in in creating and delivering volunteering/ apprenticeships / service plan/ opportunities for the active engagement of volunteers, overseeing and managing the day to day supervision of apprentices and volunteers, assigning work priorities where appropriate, supporting,recruiting and coordinating the delivery of volunteering across the service.
- 4. To use good practice initiatives ensuring that these are embedded in ways of working, building trusting relationships, advocating on behalf of children and young people and supporting parents/ carers to provide an environment that promotes their involvement in the development and positive outcomes for children and young people.
- Work with line manager, colleagues / partners and lead on the development and delivery of care council, young carers, youth inspectors and young commissioners, supporting other service projects, ensuring vulnerable young people are trained in monitoring and evaluating services across the borough including commissioned youth centres, detached teams and specialist providers to ensure adherence to the Service’s overall youth offer.
- Work with groups of children and young people involving parents/carers where appropriate to plan, develop and deliver participative sessions, activities and programmes in the Children and Family Centres / Youth Centres or other appropriate centres/ locations as needed, promoting active participation.
- Produce session plans, records and other relevant documents i.e. risk assessments in the planning, preparation, recording and safe delivery of sessions, activities, events and programmes.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate procedures, guidelines and systems to improve the delivery of service priorities in participation and leadership programmes.

**Qualifications**:

- A relevant professional qualification in a child, youth or family related discipline e.g. teaching, youth work, early years, probation; youth justice.

**Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, policy, practice and current issues related to children, young people, youth work, youth justice, crime and anti-social behaviour.
- Extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of working with young people.
- Knowledge of developing and managing participation programmes of activity and the programme development cycle and participative practice
- An awareness of issues facing young people and those at risk/ vulnerable

**Experience**:

- Experience of the design and delivery of group work for young people including personal development and capacity building activities in universal and detached settings
- Experience of working effectively with other professionals in order to safeguard children, young people and their families particularly those who present with risk issues and challenging behaviour such as substance misuse, anti-social behaviour, mental health and criminality.
- Experience of the design and delivery of sessions e.g. user forums & meetings including group work for young people including personal development and capacity building activities in specific settings including universal and detached settings