Youth Worker (JNC 16-19)

Bradford Council is looking to appoint a Youth Workers who will develop and deliver youth sessions in local areas.

The post holders will work under the supervision of a professional youth workers to develop, deliver and evaluate good quality youth work in locality areas.

Please note that post-holders will be required to work flexibly with working hours often being in the evenings or / and weekends. 

• To initiate and develop relationships with 11 – 19 year olds and up to 25 year olds for young people with disabilities.
• To work directly with young people to enable them to broaden their horizons and engage in positive activities. 
• To design and develop youth work responses underpinned by the Youth Service cornerstones of Equality, Participation, Education and Empowerment and delivery of the Youth Offer on Information Advice & Guidance, Open Access Youth Provision, Targeted Work/Special Support, People Can Initiative Agenda and Youth Voice.

To be ready for this opportunity you need to possess:

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Youth work or experience of working with young people, aged 11-19 and up to 25 (for young people with disabilities) in a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Uses and has applied knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental
• policies, procedures and regulations including risks in Youth Work
• Uses a range of basic IT packages 
• Ability to adopt a process of continual improvement and suggest ways of working more efficiently and effectively to improve service delivery.
• Knows and understands how to use, interpret, handle and communicate Information
• Demonstrate knowledge of working with the issues, which are important and impact on the lives of young people.
• Identify what are the most important skills when building relationships with young people and give an example of a situation when you have used them effectively.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply an understanding of equality of opportunity and voluntary participation in a youth work situation.
• To deliver the skills to enable young people to work effectively in groups
• To work as part of a team to deliver youth work