Youth Worker

JOB PURPOSE:

To plan and deliver youth activities in collaboration with the young people and youth work team.

Must hold a minimum level 3 in youth and community.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide a trauma-informed support service to young people across Cardiff
2. To plan and deliver a creative and progressive programme of youth activities in collaboration with young people and the youth & community team, which is responsive to young people and local needs.
3. To actively support the youth forum which provide young people attending our universal/open access provisions a voice on issues that affect them
4. To review services and paperwork regularly in partnership with staff, young people and any other stakeholders to identify any areas of improvement
5. To contribute to new developments and collate young peoples and service outcomes regarding contractual requirements.
6. To ensure young people’s views and opinions are considered for the development of a co-productive model of our youth services
7. To work in partnership with all relevant youth work agencies, voluntary and statutory services to improve outcomes for young people.
8. Use social media and new technology to ensure young people feel connected and develop a web- presence to reach out to young people

To carry out other duties that reasonably falls within the scope of the post. Specific responsibilities:

a) Responding to emergencies / crisis.

b) Attendance at meetings deemed appropriate by the project managers

d) Participation in training and supervision.

e) You must work constructively with other departments within the YMCA Cardiff Group.

f) Assisting with jobs that usually fall to another member of staff, but in whose absence, failure to carry out the work would present a risk or offence to others or would be detrimental to the organisation’s service provision.

g) To be able to respect the Christian ethos of the YMCA and uphold its values