Youth Worker - Part Time Basingstoke

Job Description

 

This role requires a Youth Support Worker who is compassionate, enthusiastic and committed to making a difference to the lives of children and young people. You will need to be flexible, creative, caring and have experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings to offer high-quality, youth-led activities. There may be opportunities to work across our services but your focus will be our prevention services.

Our prevention services include providing diversionary activities, informal learning opportunities and information and guidance delivered through open access play sessions, community based and detached youth work and centre-based provision. The support we offer ensures that young people are better informed about life choices and the opportunities available to them as well as having the opportunity to improve their social and emotional capabilities.

Why us?

Our staff are our most valuable asset, and as such we aim to make sure the team feels appreciated. We offer:

Gold Investors in People Accreditation demonstrating our commitment to our team Fair and competitive rates of pay Generous Annual Leave (25 days + bank holidays increasing with length of service) Discounted childcare Generous sick pay Commitment to personal and professional development Commitment to staff welfare and wellbeing Company pension scheme; Staff away days.

We are committed to safeguarding and all posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Youth Options is committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups and ensure that our staff are representative of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all abilities and under-represented groups. We currently have an underrepresentation from people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities and those with lived experience of the issues that children and young people we work with face. As such, we particularly welcome applicants from these groups.

How to Apply

 

Please contact us for the recruitment pack and application form on admin@youthoptions.org.uk
https://youthoptions.org.uk/jobs/youth-support-worker-basingstoke/