Corporate Trainee - Assistant Youth Support Worker (Welsh/Bilingual Youth Work Team)

, Cardiff Council delivers over 700 different services to our citizens, visitors, and businesses across the city. As a local government organisation, our customers depend on us to deliver our essential services and, whether employed in a customer facing, technical, trade or support role, our employees help us to make a difference to the communities we serve across Cardiff., , Our Youth Service Team is looking to employ a Corporate Trainee within the Welsh/Bilingual Youth Work Team (location to be confirmed)., , Our Youth Service consists of a talented and enthusiastic team of professional Youth Workers who operate a range of provisions across the city for young people aged 11-25. This set up consists of youth centres, specialist provisions, youth mentoring and street-based Youth Work Teams that all provide a wide variety of creative opportunities and experiences that encourage the participation and development of young people in communities., , The Welsh/Bilingual Youth Work Team is a city wide youth provision providing young people aged 11-25 an opportunity to engage in Youth Work through the medium of Welsh. The team works in partnership with The Urdd and Menter Caerdydd offering a variety of creative and exciting activities to engage young people that promote life skills, healthy relationships and personal expression and development., , About the job, , In this Corporate Trainee role, you will support our service and will learn to:, , Develop the skills you need to fully contribute to our Service and will learn to engage and support young people. You will be supporting the team with event, project & workshop planning, delivery, and evaluation. You will support the team to collate data such as membership, attendance, and participation. You will be required to carry out several IT based tasks and be happy to use a computer to create documents using a variety of software., , As part of a team who are responsible for supporting young people to develop holistically, you will be working face to face with young people to facilitate their personal, social & educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society and to reach their full potential., , Full training will be provided by our Team who will help and encourage you to develop in the role and you will be encouraged to take on a variety of duties. You will receive supervision and on the job training and will have a named mentor to support you to deliver an efficient and effective service in a positive, customer-focused manner., , The Corporate Apprentice & Trainee Scheme also provides opportunities to enhance your transferrable skills to help support your career progression., , Many of our teams have moved to online and homeworking and you will be encouraged to develop the skills to support this. Where homeworking is required, you will be given the necessary equipment however, you will need to arrange your own internet connectivity (some support may be available to help with this)., , The post holder will be Welsh speaking and able to communicate confidently., , The post holder will be expected to work unsociable hours including evenings and some weekends. The team run provision during school hours, afterschool, and evening provision during the week., , What We Are Looking For From You, , Our customers depend on us to keep delivering services even in the most challenging of times. We are looking for individuals who are interested in our work, keen to learn in the role and in helping us making a difference to our customers by delivering exceptional public services in Cardiff., , Our Corporate Trainees gain valuable experience working for the largest Council in Wales. Whilst we cannot guarantee that the appointed candidate will go on to secure a further role at the end of this initial contract, they will be supported and encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities available within our organisation, to progress their career., , Additional information, , This post is not suitable for post share., , This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check., , Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools., , This post is temporary for 12 months at 18.5 hours per week., , The successful applicant(s) should be able to communicate effectively in Welsh to Level 3 - Intermediate.