Area Youth Worker Youth Support Worker
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The Service & Team:
These are new innovative roles working on the Youth Transformation Pilot. The Youth Transformation Pilot (YTP) is part of the newly developed Early Support Service and is a 12 month Pilot funded by the Department of CultureMedia & Sport
The Role:
The Area Youth Worker / Youth Support Worker will be responsible for working alongside partners to develop a virtual Youth Hub for their area and bringing together Voluntary & Community Youth organisations and services working with young people ( Aged 13 -19 yrs up to 25 yrs for SEND). This Hub will be responsible for developing the Youth Offer for their area.
In addition the Area Youth Worker will establish an Area Forum to give young people a voice and to actively engage them in co-designing new initiatives introduced through the Pilot. There is also an expectation to collaborate with one Pilot School in the area to develop thematic group work for young people. This role will require regular evening work. The Area Youth Worker will be a part of the Transformation Pilot Team and will work alongside the Digital Youth Workers FIS Youth Worker and the Professional Lead for Youth Work. Please contact Helena Webb for more information about the YTP or the roles
This is a public/customer-facing role where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday 37 hours a week with the regular evening work within the working week
What youll need to succeed:
JNC Level 6 qualification or JNC 2-4 qualification with considerable experience of working with teenagers / young people in an informal education setting
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What youll get in return:
Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
We will consider secondments from internal and external organisations please indicate on your application form if you would like to consider the post as a secondment
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here and here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Helena Webb <>
As part of your application please can you confirm if you have ever been barred or restricted from working with children and/or vulnerable adults
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Direct Support
- Behavior Management
- Behavioral Health
- Mediation Experience
- Conflict Management
- Computer Literacy
- Child Protective Services
- Experience with Children
- Medication Administration
- Social Work
- Writing Skills
About Company
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunit ... View more
