Youth Workers

**Advert Information**
Job Title**: Youth Workers (unqualified / qualified) x4
**Location**: Welwyn Hatfield, Watford, North Herts or Broxbourne
**Salary Range**: £27,202 to £29,575 pa (JNC qualified) or £23,178 to £26,437 pa (unqualified/trainee)**Hours**:37 Hours per week
**Contract**: Permanent Contract

**Diversity**:We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

**Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People**

**Enabling Young People to Succeed**

Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People is the primary provider of youth work; information, advice and careers guidance; work related learning and work experience to young people in Hertfordshire.

The Service is a key contributor to the prevention and early intervention / early help agenda including Hertfordshire County Council’s aim of supporting young people to make a successful transition to an economically independent adult life.

The Service delivers targeted prevention and early intervention work to ensure that young people get the help they need early and to reduce the necessity for higher cost specialist intervention.

It enables young people to succeed by providing high quality informal education opportunities to promote their personal and social development. It supports young people who are challenged in education, their communities or home life to ensure a successful transition to adulthood.

The focus of your work will be with vulnerable groups and individuals to deliver preventative youth work, evidencing outcomes and delivering to targets across a district / borough.

You will have the ability to quickly establish positive relationships with diverse groups of young people and partners, to respond flexibly to their needs and to the priorities of the Service.

Good IT, organisation and communication skills are essential as you will need to record data on a management information system, produce reports and correspond with young people, parents and partners.

You will have a nationally recognised JNC qualification for Youth and Community Workers and evidence of continued professional development or the ability to study at post graduate level and the willingness to complete a JNC qualification in your own time. Course fees will be paid for by the Council.

Benefits for working with Hertfordshire County Council include:

- Excellent Career Development
- Salary exchange for additional benefits
- Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
- Discounts on everyday shopping/holidays/entertainment/leisure along with cashback with our Herts Rewards Scheme
- Staff Support Groups
- Occupational maternity / paternity and adoption pay
- Excellent Wellbeing schemes
- Lease Car Scheme

**Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 3**rd** April**

**Interviews: Commencing 18**th** April**

**Application Information**

**Driving Roles Only**: As part of this role, you will be required to travel to other HCC Sites/Residences either using your own mode of transport or a company car. In light of this, the ability to drive and/or travel around the County is required for this role a DVLA check will be required on appointment.

**Important Note re Interviews**:Where we are able to, and in accordance with current COVID-19 Government guidelines in regard to social distancing, all interviews will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Full details on how this will work will be sent to you, should you be shortlisted for an interview.

**Safeguarding**: Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. For more information Click Here

**Hard to Fill Roles**

**Additional Information**

**English Fluency**:The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

**Why Hertfordshire**: Watch our **‘Why Hertfordshire’** **video. Our staff use their own words to tell their story and share their experiences of what it is like working here. Take your next step in your career.

**CS Roles Only**: We expect all Children Services employees to fulfil Hertfordshire's Professional Promise for how children, young people & young adults with special educational needs and / or disabilities and their families should be treated. It is our agreement to place families and children at the centre of what we do, and helps parents and carers to understand and be able to hold us to account for how we provide our services. For further information please visit**:‘Professional Promise’**

**Hertfordshire County Council** is currently undertaking a review of its pay structure and terms and conditions. The council is undertaking this review as part of its commitment to continuing to be an employer of choice, by ensuring that its pay and terms a