Youth Specialist

Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £23,500 per annum
Location: Chapter House, Coffee Hall, Milton Keynes, MK6 5EE
Benefits: 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, 6% employer pension contribution with 1% employee contribution.

Our client, Service Six, are an award-winning charity committed to changing lives and creating futures for disadvantaged children, young people and their families, by providing mental health and wellbeing help & support. Established in 1979, Service Six has helped thousands of individuals access the vital support they need across Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

The role:

Service Six currently has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Youth specialist to join their Milton Keynes Team. In this role, you will be working as part of a team delivering one-to-one support and group work sessions to young people.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Provide a wide range of support, advocacy, positive activities, interventions and services to children, young people and adults.
• Undertake detached, outreach and Centre - based activities within a diverse range of settings.
• Provide 1-1 support sessions lasting between 30-50 minutes for young people and adults relating to a number of issues, using brief solution focused approached and effective communication in line with the organisational procedures.
• Facilitate the personal, social and educational development of the children, young people and adults.
• Liaise with and advocate on behalf of the client with other agencies, providers and professionals as required.
• Maintain the recording of client contacts and feedback within the statistical software packages.
• Prepare statistical reports, written reports, case studies and summarise informal feedback regarding services amongst other monitoring systems.
• Meet defined objectives and targets relating to service delivery and specific project work.
• Undertake a range of consultation and evaluation processes with young people as required.
• Maintain and develop alliances with a wide range of key partners.
• Deliver all thematic co-production processes contributing towards the ‘Voice of the Child’ being enabled, heard and acted upon at all levels.
• Comply with all Safeguarding; reporting all designated service delivery interventions and disclosures to Designated Safeguarding Officer, while adhering to Service Six’s policies & procedures.
• Undertake all relevant administrative tasks, attend meetings and training as necessary.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty commensurate within this Practitioner’s role as directed.

Person specification:

• Prior experience of supporting children with Mental Health would be desirable.
• Effective communication skills
• Microsoft Proficient

If this sounds like your next opportunity, apply today with your CV and a covering letter.