Senior Youth Worker
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 26 August 2024
Closing date: Wednesday 21 August 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC4 £23,633.23 to £25,829.49 (Pro Rata)
Working Pattern: 2.5 hours per week (Thursdays 18:15pm – 20:45pm)
Location: Toll Community Centre, Burntisland
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Job Details
Fife Council Community Learning and Development Team are looking for a Senior Youth Worker for the Senior Youth Club (S1 - 3) to be held at the Toll Centre in Burntisland.
Working as part of a small team of youth workers and volunteers, the Senior Youth Worker would be expected to take on tasks around planning, recording and evaluation of the work, with the Community Education Worker, to ensure the club develops and continues to meet the needs of the young people who attend. Practical tasks also include organising and buying the weekly snack and ensuring that the resources and ordered and maintained.
The youth club has not yet been set up but will operate on a Thursday, in the evening, 40 weeks per year, during school term times. During school holidays there are daytime excursions offered which you would be expected to organise and attend.
Benefits include Fife Council training opportunities, staff development, pension contributions and access to the staff discount scheme.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the planning and development of a new youth club aimed at secondary school pupils.
If you can…
- lead a small team of youth workers and volunteers to plan, organise and evaluate general youth work activities such as arts and crafts sessions, sports events, team challenges, group discussions and project
- engage with identified groups of young people affected by social inclusion issues, challenge their behaviour patterns and support their learning needs
- complete personal evaluation materials and support the Community Education Worker in the delivery of learning activities and projects.
- ensure that the youth work team creates an environment where young people are able to relax, meet friends, make new relationships, have fun and find support.
- engage young people by actively listening and encouraging questions, checking for understanding and challenging in a positive way, any unrealistic views or those based on unfounded information.
- develop open, honest and trusting relationships with young people and help them to grow and develop in a supportive environment by delivering planned and spontaneous informal learning opportunities and peer interaction such as thematic discussions, project work and team challenges.
- ensure that registration, attendance records and the evening recording sheet are completed and returned to the Community Education Office following the youth work session.
Then you are the person we are looking for!
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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For further Information please contact: Lynn Reynolds - [email protected]
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