Wellbeing Lead

**About Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone**:
Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone is a 21st century youth hub located at the heart of Blackburn & Darwen, open to young people aged 5 to 25 years old, aiming to change the prospects offered to young people in the area. Our vision is to be at the heart of the community, collaborating to create a more cohesive and prosperous Blackburn and Darwen.

Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone is built on land where, 100 years ago, Blackburn’s first electricity generating station once stood. On the place where electricity first came to and powered the town, the Youth Zone is now powering the community through the energy and creativity of young people. What also makes us distinctive is our relationship with the local business community, who have wholeheartedly embraced the concept and pledged to work together to raise the aspirations of our town’s young people, equipping them with life skills, increased confidence and independence which in turn will regenerate our town from the bottom up.

We are one of the leading youth organisations in Blackburn & Darwen, with a membership of over 2,500 young people. We are open 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year and offers over 40 different activities and opportunities in our open access youth club.

**Safeguarding and Risk Management**:

- Support the delivery of the charity’s mission by ensuring all safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by staff and volunteers.
- To have DSL responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people at all times, including recording and documenting all concerns and liaising with the Safeguarding Manager.
- Ensure there is a robust approach to risk management, including person centred risk assessment and risk management process.
- To be a principal key holder, with responsibility for the building and health and safety during the services you are responsible for.
- To ensure the quality intervention is provided through seeking support from professional services, signposting and making referrals to the relevant services.

**Main Responsibilities**:
1. To plan and deliver the Wellness Zones Wellbeing program ensuring that it inspires and motivates young people in a fully inclusive, safe, exceptional, cost-effective, relevant and planned programme, always promoting the values of Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone across different settings.

2. To plan and deliver nurturing and enriching activities to young people with known vulnerabilities and barriers to participation, aiming to support their transition into universal services.

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3. Design programmes that encourage young people to engage in more positive and constructive activity within their own community.

4. To establish relationships of trust and mutual respect with young people and offer them support and encouragement, addressing key issues including health, self-esteem, independent living and managing relationships

5. Hold a caseload of young people identified in need of support, providing tailored 1:1 sessions and monitoring and recording sessions on CRM systems

6. Responding to behaviour incidents through effective intervention and in line with the club's behaviour management policy.

7. Signpost young people to appropriate external services (street-based and through formal referral pathways)

8. Ability to understand and work with other agencies and youth providers, ensuring that there is an opportunity to share information and encourage a holistic approach across the town

9. Evidence work being completed by sharing images, case studies and quotes from Children and Young People throughout the delivery of the provision.

10. Respond to Safeguarding trends by developing and delivering issue-based activities.

11. Promote our universal provision to the youth referred by Multi-Agency Panels and support their transitions into our services.

12. Complete our individual assessments to inform external referrals and internal mentoring programmes. 13. Support the transitions of young people moving between clubs or out of B&DYZ

14. Lead on CAF assessments where necessary and contribute to TAF, CIN, CP, CLA meeting reports and meetings.

15. Commitment to work evenings and weekends, depending on the service needs. Including a minimum of 3 evenings per week.

16. Strong ability to capture content and write up impactful reports in relation to your service. Capturing data and demonstrating key learning and evidence of reached outcomes.

17. Manage and lead the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems across the responsibility provisions.

18. Ensure that funded projects are delivered to a high quality, successfully exceeding all agreed outcomes and using creative ways to capture and demonstrate our impact

19. To successfully work towards KPIs relating to attendance, outcomes for young people, project outcomes (funded or internal) and quality standards relating to service quality.

20. To lead on achieving KPIs for Uni