Sessional Youth Workers (Oasis Hub East Southampton)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Southampton; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible sessions

Job summary

Oasis Charitable Trust is seeking a sessional youth worker to support youth club sessions, detached outreach, and mentoring across Oasis Academies Sholing and Mayfield. The role offers flexible hours around your availability and requires commitment to safeguarding and working in partnership with schools and local youth providers.

Your duties include running sessions, mentoring young people, and maintaining positive relationships while supporting safeguarding practices.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people, as a volunteer or professionally.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Enhanced DBS check

Responsibilities

• Run youth club sessions that build confidence and wellbeing and encourage positive choices
• Carry out detached youth work, meeting young people out and about in the community
• Deliver schools-based group and individual mentoring in Oasis Academies Sholing and Mayfield
• Build long-lasting, positive relationships with young people
• Work in partnership with the academies and other youth providers
• Cover sessions such as Tuesday afternoon youth club, Thursday after-school club and drop-in, Friday evening detached work and Saturday morning youth club
• Deliver flexible daytime mentoring and Tuesday and Friday lunchtime groups

Skills

Relationship building with youth

Partnership with schools/youth groups

Job description

Sessional youth worker post at Oasis Hub East Southampton, run by Oasis Charitable Trust, on a casual basis with no fixed hours. The work covers youth club sessions, detached outreach to young people out and about, and mentoring programmes in Oasis Academies Sholing and Mayfield. Sessions run across weekday lunchtimes, afternoons and evenings and on Saturday mornings, with hours agreed around the successful candidate's availability. Applicants need proof of the right to work in the UK, as Oasis cannot sponsor visas.

What the job involves

• Run youth club sessions that build confidence and wellbeing and encourage positive choices
• Carry out detached youth work, meeting young people out and about in the community
• Deliver schools-based group and individual mentoring in Oasis Academies Sholing and Mayfield
• Build long-lasting, positive relationships with young people
• Work in partnership with the academies and other youth providers
• Cover sessions such as Tuesday afternoon youth club, Thursday after-school club and drop-in, Friday evening detached work and Saturday morning youth club
• Deliver flexible daytime mentoring and Tuesday and Friday lunchtime groups

Experience

• Experience of working with young people, as a volunteer or professionally

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to build long-lasting, positive relationships with young people
• Ability to work in partnership with academies and other youth providers

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK
• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Commitment to Oasis values and behaviours and to safeguarding children and young people

What’s offered

• Flexible sessions chosen around your availability