Youth Voice Development Worker

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Flexible work options

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts and gym membership

Job summary

Bolton Council is recruiting for a Youth Voice Development Worker to create engaging youth action sessions and empower young people to express their views within services that affect them.

The role also involves supporting college students and apprentices during placements, providing supervision and opportunities for professional development, while ensuring safeguarding and DBS clearance are in place.

Qualifications

• You will be skilled in delivering engaging activities to ensure that all young people voices are heard and listened to.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and knowledge of guidance relating to young people’s participation.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage time and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deliver and support engaging youth action sessions.
• Facilitate processes promoting active involvement and participation of young people.
• Oversee college students and apprentices during placements and supervise their development.

Skills

Delivering engaging activities

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Communication with young people

Education

NVQ Level 3 in youth/play work

Job description

Grade F scp 17 £32,046 to scp 23 £35,570, essential car user allowance up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week, evenings and occasional weekends
Essential requirement: full driving licence, DBS
Age restrictions apply 18+
Essential qualification: professional qualification at NVQ Level 3 in youth/play work
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact: [e-mail]

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

The Youth Voice Development Worker role is to develop, deliver, and support engaging youth action sessions, while facilitating processes that promote active involvement and participation of young people in services that impact them.
This position involves creating mechanisms and activities that empower all children and young people to engage actively and express their voices.
Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for overseeing college students and apprentices during their placements, ensuring their supervision and professional development

About You

You will be skilled in delivering engaging activities to ensure that all young people voices are heard and listened to.
You will also have excellent interpersonal skills, have knowledge of relevant guidance policies relating to young people’s participation and have the ability to communicate with young people at all levels.
Strong organisational skills, an ability to manage your time effectively and work to tight deadlines, are also essential.
You should be educated to Level 3 in related field eg; youth work/policing/or related field or significant practical experience in youth work or participation settings.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [e-mail]

Supporting Documents

• Job description and person spec
• Documents for Right to Work
• Staff Benefits
• DBS ID Guidelines
• Our Values & Behaviours
• Privacy Notice
• Top Tips