Youth and Family Misson Worker

The Salvation Army; Horbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused charitable organization in Horbury is seeking a committed and practising Christian for the role of Youth and Family Mission Worker. The successful candidate will develop spiritual youth programmes, engage with the local community, and provide mentorship and pastoral care to young people. This role demands a compassionate individual who supports the values of the organisation and has excellent English communication skills. Experience with Microsoft Office is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Excellent English communication skills are required.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong initiative and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement spiritual youth programmes.
• Establish links with the community and external agencies.
• Provide pastoral care and mentoring to young people.

Skills

Effective partnership development

Community engagement

Worship leadership

Pastoral care

Microsoft Office proficiency

Planning and organizing

Understanding of regulatory requirements

Job description

Outstanding opportunity for a Youth and Family Mission Worker at Horbury Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of spiritual youth programmes and outreach with the local community to fulfil the aims of the Mission Development Plan.,

• Develop effective working partnerships with internal mission development teams to ensure spiritual programmes are designed and implemented in alignment with organisational and best practice principles
• Lead on establishing links to the community, schools, colleges and any relevant external agencies to maximise the effective delivery of programmes to the community
• Develop and lead worship in the spiritual youth programme and where appropriate provide chaplaincy, mentoring and pastoral care visits to support young people
• Demonstrate both a professional and caring manner when interacting with programme participants to create a welcoming and supportive environment
• The ability and willingness to support the fulfilment of the spiritual aims of the programme, showing compassion and understanding to all programme participants and be willing to support an individual's spiritual needs
  The ability and willingness to lead and/or participate in worship, provide pastoral care and bring young people in the local community into a living faith with Jesus
• A strong level of English - both spoken and written - and numeracy required to enable you to fulfil all duties of the role
• Proven good experience of using Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), Outlook and Teams to perform your work duties
• Demonstrable ability to use your initiative, plan, organise and prioritise your tasks to effectively meet your objectives
• An awareness of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements such as health and safety, data protection, safeguarding, equality and diversity

This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian, actively involved with your own Church and will be in sympathy with the doctrines of, and supportive of, the purposes and the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.