Youth Worker

Corporate

Leisure and Youth Services
Ref: JNC/OL-79859 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £25,509 - £28,825 p.a. (pro rata) (salary plus any additional payments) Hours: 18.33 per week Based: Civic Centre, West St, Oldham. OL1 1UT Closing date: Sunday 6th August 2023 Shortlisting: w/c 7th Aug 2023, Interviews: w/c 14th Aug 2023
Role overview Working within the council’s Youth Service detached team, you will support the delivery of high-quality youth work. Delivering exciting and engaging youth work programmes to support young people across Oldham. This could be at various bases around the borough including schoolwork and will include working evenings and weekends.
Key responsibilities

• To work with a diverse range of young people, including those who may have a range of challenging needs and issues.
• To work collaboratively with staff from other statutory and voluntary agencies in developing working partnerships which support young people and the development of the youth work offer in Oldham.
• To lead on planning and delivering high quality youth work for young people in a variety of settings, using a variety of youth work methods.
• To understand and implement planning, monitoring and evaluation process to demonstrate the impact of youth work delivered.
• To work directly with young people in the planning and delivery of projects what will challenge, stimulate and provide new learning opportunities for young people in line with the Youth Work Purpose and Principles.

Key Requirements To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

• Previous experience of working with young people aged 8-25 years; supporting the personal and social development of young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Minimum level 2 certificate in Youth Work or equivalent or willing to works towards this..
• Prepared to work flexibly in around the borough to meet the needs and priorities of the Youth Service, including to work evenings and weekends as required.

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS

If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

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This opportunity is open to internal and external applicants and registered applications of the Get Oldham Working scheme. However, where a meaningful shortlist can be drawn from internal applications in the first instance, and residents of Oldham subsequently, these applicants shall be given priority access to the vacancy in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy.

Please state if you are Registered to the Get Oldham Working scheme or an Oldham Resident in the Knowledge and Experience section of the application form.

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.
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