Overview
Are you passionate about working with children and young people? Are you enthusiastic about developing excellent and inclusive services with young people to enhance their wellbeing, happiness and opportunities? Our new partnership with the Co‑op is an exciting innovative project where we aim to support over 750k young people, aged 10‑25 years across 2 years. To deliver this, we are recruiting a team of Youth Support Workers across 20 locations. Location of this post: Burslem.
Partnership Goals
- Improve mental wellbeing
- Improve access to basic needs (food)
- Improve access to opportunities
Candidate Profile
- Confident and creative in engaging and working alongside young people aged between 10‑25 years.
- Skilled in designing and delivering groupwork sessions for young people.
- Able to provide emotional and practical support to young people, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Flexible to work evenings and weekends where required to meet the needs of the service.
- Able to work in partnership with Co‑op, Children’s Services and the community, whilst keeping young people at the centre.
Contract & Hours
This is an As & When contract. Mondays 5‑7.30 pm and Wednesdays 5‑7.30 pm.
Benefits
In return for your commitment, you will be supported with meaningful and supportive 1:1s, ongoing personal development and opportunities to make positive change in young people’s lives.
How to Apply & Contact
When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. For a more informal chat about the role, please contact Robyn Dunn on robyn.dunn@barnardos.org.uk – South East and London Region Children’s Service Manager.
For more information on our partnership with the Co‑op, please refer to our additional information sheet via the link below.
Barnardo’s | Recruitment of Staff for Co‑op Partnership by the Youth Advisory Group (youtube.com)
Equality Statement
Barnardo’s believes in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work‑life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
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