Youth and Community Worker

1 week ago

York, United Kingdom Kinetic Youth CIO Full time

**Job description**

**Youth and Community Worker
- 18 hours per week.**

**Expected days of work to be discussed**

**HM & YOI Askham Grange**

**Job Summary**

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people in prison? To those who others can’t/won’t work with?

Do you like a challenge that’s very rewarding?

Then come and work for Kinetic.

We deliver services to young adults and people in prisons.

We have a variety of roles to suit your experience, qualifications and interests and have flexibility with working hours.

**Main duties and Responsibilities**:

- Raising the motivation, confidence and achievement levels of people in HM&YOI Askham Grange.
- Act as an advocate who will assist in key areas of development, including monitoring and supporting the development of personal and social skills, removing barriers that may impact on the progress.
- Support people to improve their levels of resilience and behaviour for positive engagement.
- Coordination and delivery of youth services
- Management, development and delivery of a comprehensive face to face curriculum programmes of work to young people
- Ensure effective planning and evaluation procedures are used to maintain high quality delivery
- Development and delivery of recorded and accredited outcomes for young people where possible
- Coordination, management and delivery of a specific area of work across the entire Kinetic portfolio (e.g. Outdoor Education, Schools, Participation, Travellers, Gangs)
- Ensure effective communication links are developed and maintained with all partners
- Provide timely, accurate and relevant management information as required
- Comply with Kinetic policies which support equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice
- The post holder will have the health and safety responsibility for youth services delivered

**Person Specification**:
**Qualifications**

**Experience and skills**
- Recent and significant experience of working with young people in a youth work setting
- Recent and significant experience of management and development of work with young people
- Recent and significant experience of the management, development and delivery of a specialist area of youth work
- Ability to plan, evaluate and review work with young people
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with vulnerable and marginalised young people
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Skilled in the effective recruitment and management of staff
- Sound budget and resource management skills
- Demonstrate good organisational skills and an ability to prioritise work
- Ability to travel on a regular basis in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day between sites across the county
- Competent in use of IT

**Knowledge**

Issues and legislation relevant to working with young people

Personnel procedure relating to the employment of staff

Health and Safety, risk assessment and safeguarding procedures relevant to work with young people

Equality of opportunity, including how inequality affects the life chances of young people and their communities

Criminal Justice System as it affects young people

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £13.09-£16.94 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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