Part Time Youth Worker

**Part time Youth Worker (Food & Nutrition)**

**George Williams House, Southampton**

**£20,500 to £23,500 per annum FTE**

**Hours: 20 hours per week**

**Some flexibility needed for occasional weekend and Bank Holiday working**

**Benefits to you**:

- Health Cash plan
- Employer pension contribution
- 25 days holiday FTE, increasing with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days
- Option to purchase additional annual leave (up to 10 days per annum)
- Celebration Leave
- Employee Assistance Program with Health Assured
- 50% discount on nursery fees
- Day camps discounts: 1 week free and 1 week at 50% per child per annum
- Campsite and activities discounts at YMCA Fairthorne Manor
- Cycle to work scheme

**Job Purpose**:
YMCA George Williams, Southampton is located close to Southampton City centre and is a purpose-built housing facility accommodating 52 people aged 16-25, some of whom have complex needs, supporting them to live independently. As a key member of the Youth Engagement Team working at Southampton this post will deliver evidenced-based and youth-focused programmes to residents and the wider Southampton Community.

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Develop cooking & healthy eating programmes to promote independence.
- Engage third parties to deliver food & nutrition activities to young people.
- To ensure that the kitchen is kept in a suitable condition and following all food & hygiene rules & laws.
- Facilitate the booking and delivery of community-based programmes.
- Develop, promote and deliver engaging and relevant activities and programmes on a daily basis to young people.
- Support, mentor, coach and ‘walk alongside’ individual young people in their pursuit of their personal goals.
- Undertake risk assessments and support planning.
- Support the delivery of activities that involve the wider community, including at our adjacent youth centre.
- Engage with third parties to enable them to deliver specialist support and activities to young people.
- Act as an advocate for young people and to signpost and support access for them into agencies and services appropriate to the young people’s needs.
- Actively support job search, training, and volunteering opportunities with young people who are not in education, employment, or training.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Demonstrable experience of programme delivery in youth, adult or community-based service.
- Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene, timekeeping, cleanliness and neatness.
- A strong advocate for young people who have complex needs.
- Knowledge of trauma informed approaches.
- Experience of working with young people who have experienced trauma, poor emotional wellbeing or substance misuse will be useful.
- Ability to react positively and effectively when faced with unwanted high-risk behaviours from young people.
- Good level of IT proficiency.
- An understanding of safeguarding principles and procedures.
- An understanding of the issues facing young people.
- A commitment to equality and diversity.

**Successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via Disclosure and Barring Service.**

**We are an equal opportunities charity with commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £20,500.00-£23,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person