Lead Youth Work Practitioner

Senior Youth Work Practitioner - Central Bedfordshire Youth Support Service

Permanent with funding until June 2027 (plus potential funding for a further 2 years)

Hours: 21 hours - Part time (hours can be negotiated).

Salary: £29,855.00 per annum, pro-rata

Location: Central Bedfordshire

This post will involve irregular hours, including late evenings, and occasional weekend working. There will be travel primarily within Central Bedfordshire, access to own transport will therefore be required.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support. We campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

Youth work is life-changing for young people, and we're excited to be expanding our services across Central Bedfordshire. We want to empower young people through impactful and transformative youth work, and we are looking for dedicated professionals to join our dynamic and ambitious team during this exciting period of service mobilisation.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Youth Work Practitioner with a passion for excellence in practice and service delivery. As the Senior Youth Work Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in the mobilisation of our service and ensuring high-quality youth work that not only meets the needs of young people in our community but gives them an opportunity to shape it.

You will also lead alongside the Safe Practice Manager to manage and inspire a team of youth workers, sessional staff and volunteers providing guidance, support and professional development.

We will be providing a range of services across Central Bedfordshire through five youth centres, activity-based sessions, detached/community work, school-based provision and individual support for children and young people.

This role sits within our Youth Impact domain, which provides direct service delivery for children, young people and families who need our support. Your role will help us develop innovative practice across Central Bedfordshire.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Proven experience in a similar role within youth work or related field

-Strong leadership and team management skills

-Demonstrated ability to create and deliver high-quality youth work programmes alongside young people

-The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with young people, stake holders, and community partners

-Competence to monitor and report on the progress and outcomes of the service

-Commitment to the values and mission of youth work, as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave 28 days-length of service extra 2 after 2, 5 and 7 goes up to 36 days.

Free eye test-claim back via my finance-take form to dentist-eye test form can also claim for glasses.

Pension-match contribution up to 8% can opt out, must auto enrolled every 2 years do get money refunded if opt out you contribute 4% and will be matched to 8%

Life assurance - death in service, 4x salary gets paid to nominated person.

Cycle to work 39% off bike cost can be spread across the year.

770 retailers' discounts offered with You Star App.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Children and Young People's Directorate will be required to complete an "Employment history template" document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be uploaded by the candidate alongside uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 15th October 2024. If after 14 days we receive enough applications we can close this vacancy from the 8th October onwards.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 21st and 28th October 2024.

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