Caudwell Youth
Youth Worker (Maternity Cover) - 11 Months - FTC
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This is a Hybrid role, with a combination of home working, community-based work and regular travel to sites within the Buckinghamshire area such as, Aylesbury and High Wycombe.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Caudwell Youth exists to level the playing field for Young People at risk. To change this, we:
- Shape Futures: person-centred support through long-term volunteer mentoring and targeted intervention
- Shape Community: positively impacting the community by connecting people together
- Shape Change: reduce stigma, amplify youth voice and demonstrate best practice in the sector
Our core service is a person-centred volunteer mentoring service, delivered across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Slough, Milton Keynes and Luton, for up to 18 months. We also offer a short term intervention programme, in Buckinghamshire. The Shaping Futures programme is 8 - 12 weeks of targeted work to support reduction in offending behaviour.
The Operations Team play a key role in achieving this vision. You will be responsible for ensuring the Charity achieves its aims and objectives and fulfils its operational plan effectively by providing high quality support services, providing person-centred long-term mentoring for young people.
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You will have key and major responsibility for coordinating service areas and develop the Charity’s programmes, supported by your line manager. One of your key roles will be developing positive working relationships with key partner organisations.
KEY DUTIES
- Coordinate onboarding of young people, including the initial assessment, and developing 12 individualised sessions bespoke to each young person.
- Ensure a 12-week programme is written and sent to the young person with agreed outcomes after initial meeting.
- Responsible for a case load of young people up to 20 young people at any one time.
- Lead sessions and activities with appropriate resources to empower young people to make more positive choices to reduce violent behaviours, reduce risk of exploitation and other offending behaviours.
COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT
- With support from your line manager, ensure the delivery, development of services, community-based activities, and development opportunities are in line with regulatory requirements, our own policies, including safeguarding, social media, health & safety and data protection.
- Develop services and activities and opportunities for inclusion, community engagement and personal development for young people as agreed with your line manager.
- Ensure appropriate planning, risk assessment and evaluation for all activities relating to your area of responsibility is completed, with support from your line manager where appropriate.
- In collaboration with the Operations team, support activities for the needs of the young people across the charity’s wider geographies.
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PARTNERSHIP & LIAISON
- Work closely with the team and the stakeholder steering group to promote good communication and shared focus.
- Ensure effective, relevant and appropriate communication at all times.
- Represent the Charity to other organisations, funders and supporters.
- Establish and develop good relationships with other charities and agencies to increase partnership and effective joint working where appropriate.
- Be a point of contact for referrers and external contacts as regards to activities and service provision.
- Maintain strong working partnership with Thames Valley Police and Buckinghamshire Council to deliver the Shaping Futures Programme.
ADMINISTRATION
- Maintain an excellent standard of administration, record keeping and reporting of all work undertaken in line with data protection and Caudwell Youth’s policies and procedures.
- Monitor all activities for your area against targets and objectives.
- Undertake proactive activities in line with our policies and good practice.
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