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Salary We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.
Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.
Who are we: Since 1988, Everton in the Community has become a dynamic force for good, harnessing the unifying power of football to drive social change and addressing societal challenges across Liverpool City Region. Supported by a team of over 130 full-time staff and over 200 volunteers, the independently governed and independently financed charity offers an extensive array of more than 60 programmes and initiatives that tackle a diverse range of social issues. These programmes cover areas such as health, employability, anti-social behaviour, crime, exploitation, education, dementia, and disability.
Everton in the Community stands firmly beside the most at-risk and most in need members of its local communities, but the needs of the city are ever-growing and ever-evolving.
Everton in the Community’s five-year strategy, the Trinity Project aims to bring transformational change to Liverpool 4 and beyond and will work to nurture confidence in others by creating opportunities that can profoundly change lives through three powerful pillars in Learns, Minds and Thrives.
About the opportunity: We have are currently looking for a Secondary Education Youth Worker to join our growing Everton in the Community team.
Everton in the Community are a leading provider of early intervention programmes that shape the futures of thousands of young people at risk of underachieving their potential, disengaging from school or engaged in crime or antisocial behaviour.
This role will contribute to the strategy outlined under Everton in the Community’s Impact model of delivering Education, Community and Support programmes to engage, inspire and motivate young people to make positive choices and to achieve their potential.
Other key responsibilities will include:
- To organise and deliver a varied menu of club and school-based alternative educational programmes that include Enterprise, Community Action programmes, World of Work events, PSHE, short pathway programmes and other bespoke provision to targeted secondary school children across the Liverpool City Region.
- To inspire and motivate young people aged between 11 and 18 identified as being at risk due to disengagement from learning, low self-esteem, vulnerable to exploitation, at risk of being NEET or achieving their potential.
- To work closely with key link workers, support workers and transitional workers to ensure delivery of programmes are coordinated appropriately.
Safeguarding
- To understand the Club’s Safeguarding policy, procedures, and best practice guidelines.
- To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to an Anti-bullying environment.
Who we are looking for: We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate experience in developing session plans and schemes of work, who is confident to manage challenging student behaviours, can adapt to different styles of learning and can motivate and inspire young people to achieve their potential.
This is an exciting role for someone who is passionate about supporting young people and their education.
Other key Knowledge and Skills will include:
- Experience of developing session plans and schemes of work.
- Knowledge of different learning styles.
- Experience of delivering classroom based sessions to 11 – 18 year olds
- Experience of managing challenging student behaviours.
A valid UK driving licence is essential for this role as you will be travelling across the city of Liverpool to various sites to support when needed.
This position will be offered on a 12 month fixed term basis.
Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices
The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require an Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found here
This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.
Equity & Inclusion
Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email -
careerseitc@evertonfc.com
To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton will offer a guaranteed interview to those who highlight they are female, from a Black, Asian or Mixed Heritage community or have a disability/long-term health condition should they meet a pre-determined level of the advertised job criteria. This scheme does not guarantee any applicant employment.
