Senior Youth Support Worker in Charge - City Community Trust

Salary: £14.94 per hour 
Ref: WEYC10

 

The St Thomas and Alphington Youth Club is a new youth provision in the West of Exeter. This is a unique opportunity to create, lead and shape this extracurricular youth provision. The Senior Youth Support Worker in Charge will have the opportunity to create the programme of activity with a view to expanding the youth club to meet the needs of the young people in the local community from the ages of 9 to 17.

The Senior Youth Support Worker in Charge will deliver high quality youth work and leadership with an aim to build trust and mentor the groups attendees to enhance the young people’s wellbeing and to help them find a sense of belonging through the group. As well as coordinating guided activities, offering opportunities to experience new things in a safe way, and create a safe space for young people to meet regularly to connect, all contributing to increased positive outcomes in life. 

 Responsibilities:

•  To lead, run and manage the St Thomas and Alphington Youth Club
•  Lead youth work sessions in local community areas to build awareness of the group 
•  To employ and support an Assistant Youth Worker
•  Funding Applications (with support from Exeter City Community Trust and Sovereign Housing Association) 
•  Create a coordinated programme of activity for the youth provision
•  To build strong networks with the youth worker community
•  To be prepared to undertake training and develop your professional journey
•  To check in with an assigned supervisor to support your own wellbeing
•  To feedback into Exeter City Community Trusts Wellbeing and Inclusion team to create an open dialogue to support the young people and listen and respond to their needs
• Administrative tasks around the running of the youth club

Core Tasks: 

•  Lead and shape the St Thomas/Alphington Youth Club, create a programme of events in consultation with the young people to meet their needs and to give the young people opportunities to focus on wellbeing, experience new opportunities and activities through invited guests, external trips.
• Work with Exeter City Community Trust and to deliver and lead high quality youth  work within West Exe School initially and other sites in the community.
• Work with  the Exeter City Community Trust and Sovereign  team to  ensure that all work  has evaluation,  demonstrating  the  outcomes and impact. 
• Recognise, reward  and celebrate young people’s efforts and their learning. To be able to walk with the young people on their journey and to support, signpost and celebrate with them whilst working towards and achieving their goals. 
• Working collaboratively and respectfully with professionals and practitioners delivering other youth programmes within Exeter City Community Trust. 
• To have a knowledge of what’s going on in the community.
• An ability to create, deliver and  lead  fun  and  engaging  youth work sessions. 
• To directly feed the outcomes of the sessions into the evaluation and impact reports to demonstrate how the youth club is enabling the young people to thrive. 

•  Experience of working with young people to engage, motivate and inspire
•  Planning and Evaluation 
•  Innovative and creative, thinking on your feet
• Excellent communication skills
•  Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to support and collaborate effectively with community and team members
• Organized and thoughtful, capable of producing an exciting programme to encourage young people to attend 
• Passionate about creating positive change and improving outcomes for young people and their communities 

Join our team as a Senior Youth Support Worker in Charge, and be part of a rewarding journey towards creating a safer and more inclusive society for young people.