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Young Persons Worker

2 weeks ago

Cornwall, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Salary**: £19,800 per annum

**Contract/Hours**: Full time - Permanent, 37 hours a week, (Flexibility is essential). The sessions you will provide are after school events and you may be working beyond 5pm on some occasions. You will be running after school groups and activities. Hours to be discussed on interview, this is not a 9-5 role.

**Location**: West Cornwall

**Perks**:Annual leave of 29 days PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands.

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Action for Children so here's what you need to know.

**About Us**

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.

**About the Role**:
From April 2021 Action for Children, which already provides a number of services in Cornwall, including those for young carers, young adult carers and children with learning disabilities, have provided the ‘Support Services for Young People' that provides support for young people aged 11-19 and up to 25 with SEND across the County. Our team is growing

The service, brings together a range of support for young people including youth work provision, educational needs and disabilities (SEND) participation, 1-1 support and mental health and resilience work.

As a Young Persons Worker, you'll be responsible for working with our Young People to plan, risk assess and deliver youth groups and activities.

**You'll do this by**:

- Working as part of a team with our partners to plan and deliver activities and youth groups to children and young people.
- Work with colleagues across county to promote and support Youth Parliament opportunities for young people.
- Planning and running school groups in West Cornwall and supporting and delivering groups within the community.
- Delivering 1-1 support and mentoring young people as needed.
- Working flexibly to meet the needs of our service users.
- Plan and deliver a programme of activities and residential trips for young people.

**What You'll Bring**:

- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related field.
- Excellent group work and communication skills with young people and team members.
- Have experience of working in partnership with agencies to support children and young people.
- Experience of planning activities for young people.
- Good IT skills including experience of Microsoft Teams.
- Access to a car to enable your to travel for the duties of the role to be carried out

Working here is so much more than a job. It's an investment of time to truly make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people, and families across the UK.

We value and celebrate the diversity of those that work with us and as an inclusive workplace we want all our current and future staff to feel able to be themselves in the workplace.

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