Youth Worker

Do you enjoy for working with Young People?

Can you support young people to make informed decisions about their future and encourage them to live their best lives?

Are you able to create exciting, innovative youth work activities that engage and enthuse young people to explore new opportunities, learn new things and raise their aspirations?

Can you work three evenings a week?

If this is you, this could be the opportunity you have been looking for. Consider joining our team at Newground Together Youth Team (NYT), we provide a thriving youth service working with and for young people and we are looking for a full time Youth Worker to join our team in Calderdale.

About us: Newground Together is the charitable arm of Together Housing Group, with the aim of empowering people to create sustainable communities that are connected, resilient, healthy, and prosperous to achieve our ambition, better lives, and opportunities for our communities. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

As an organisation we are committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

We are looking for a Full time Youth Worker to join our enthusiastic & dedicated youth work team!

Context of the Work

Newground Youth Team (NYT) work across Calderdale with young people aged 8 - 19 years old (or up to 24 with additional needs). We deliver Open Access Youth Clubs, Street Based Youth Work and Targeted 1 to 1 Support. No two days are the same so the successful candidate will need to flexible in their approach and creative in their thinking.

As a Youth Worker, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of issued based interventions and providing support information and guidance to young people on issues that impact their lives. Engaging young people in a variety of activities and opportunities in Calderdale communities. Everything we do supports young people to develop their social and life skills and supporting their personal growth.

Requirements

Young People are looking for someone:

• Fun
• Caring
• Empathetic
• Who is a good listener
• Who supports us
• Helps us develop life skills
• We can talk to Helps us deal with challenges

Key responsibilities of a Youth Worker at Newground Together:

• Work alongside young people to support and promote their voice, on issues, key decisions and strategies that effect their lives and communities.
• Advocate for young people to ensure their voices are heard
• Build positive and trusted relationships with young people, their families and partner organisations
• Create safe spaces and environments within local communities where young people can access support, gain new skills and achieve new things
• Deliver needs led interventions and activities providing information, advice and guidance on key issues faced by young people
• Respond to challenging behaviour, de-escalate conflict and promote the development of positive relationships
• Contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of youth programs to ensure effectiveness and impact
• Effectively communicate with key stakeholders, partner organisations and services to raise awareness of issues impacting young people and work together to identify solutions for their needs.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is committed to working with and for young people to make a positive impact in their lives and the communities in which they live
• Has experience of developing positive & meaningful relationships with young people aged 8 to 24 years old
• Can deliver exciting, fun and engaging activities and opportunities with and for young people
• Has excellent communication and people skills
• Is patient, understanding, and able to provide guidance and support to young people
• Is able to work effectively as part of a team
• Understands the pressures and issues facing young peoples and has awareness of the existing support services available

Benefits

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Youth Worker role...

• Starting salary of £25,538 per annum
• Annual pay scale increase
• 27 days holiday (rising to 32 over 5 years' service) + bank holidays
• You will be based out on site at our Halifax hub, covering Calderdale.
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
• Wide range of technical, professional, and personal development training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to GPs
• A range of financial and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
• To view the full range of our award winning benefits click on the Employee Benefits Link

THG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received.  Therefore, please apply without delay!

Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.