Volunteer Youth Worker

6 days ago

Warrington, United Kingdom Onside Warrington Youth Zone Full time

ABOUT WARRINGTON YOUTH ZONE

Warrington Youth Zone will be a purpose-built facility for the town’s young people aged 7 - 19, and up to 25 for those with additional needs. It has built on the fantastic work and legacy of Warrington Youth Club.

Open now, the Youth Zone is located on Dallam Lane, close to Warrington Central Station and Warrington Bus Station.

Warrington Youth Zone is based upon the successful OnSide Youth Zones Model, where members will have access to state-of-the-art facilities for a cost of £5 per year and only 50p per visit.

Inside the Youth Zone young people will have a choice of over 20 fun and engaging activities every day including sports, arts, music, media, dance, drama, cooking, employability and enterprise workshops, and much more.

VOLUNTEER

Volunteering at Warrington Youth Zone is a way to both support your local community and enhance your skills whilst having a lot of fun along the way.

Warrington Youth Zone is recruiting a committed team of volunteers from all backgrounds, who can offer a wide range of different skills to support the town’s young people.

MENTORING

The Mentoring Programme at Onside Warrington Youth Zone was established in 2015 and provides volunteer mentor support to vulnerable and at risk children and young people aged between 7 and 19 years old. It increases confidence, self-esteem and supports the child/young person to make positive choices through 1:1 support, befriending and fun activities. Over the last 7 years, over 500 children and young people from across Warrington have benefited from this service.

We are looking for a new team of Volunteer Mentors to act as role models and to support a young person through a difficult stage in their lives. Mentors must be age 18 years or older and be able to meet with a young person for 1-3 hours per week for a number of pre agreed months. With have various mentoring programmes at the club with a 3-12 months time frame dependant on the commitment you can give.

No experience is necessary as full training will be given to all Mentors prior to being matched with a suitable young person. Training will include:

- Introduction to Mentoring
- Child Protection & Safeguarding
- Professional Boundaries

All Mentors will be supported and supervised throughout their journey with Warrington Youth Zone and a written reference will be given on completion of the programme.

This opportunity is not only a personally rewarding one, but it is a great way to enhance your skill set, explore new career options and improve employability.

Training dates are available throughout the year.

For further information please respond to this advert and someone will be in touch.

**Job Type**: Volunteer

Pay: £1.00-£2.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: One location

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