Youth Worker

CXK; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

CXK Hastings is seeking a Permanent, Full Time Youth Worker to recruit, induct and support Youth Leaders and Youth Ambassadors for the Pathways for Progression project. You will deliver 121 and group work with young people, helping them to be ready to contribute to local opportunities and services.

You will manage a caseload, provide supervision and training, and build relationships with employers and schools.

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work and delivering group sessions.
• Ability to coach and mentor young people.
• Strong communication with stakeholders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, induct and support Youth Leaders and Youth Ambassadors.
• Deliver 121 and group work to prepare young people for progression.
• Facilitate Youth Working Groups and co-design project activities.
• Provide opportunities for young people to influence employers and services.
• Manage a caseload and support progression into education or training.
• Engage with employers, schools and decision-makers.
• Deliver supervision, reflection and wellbeing checks with Youth Leaders.
• Maintain safeguarding and accurate case records.

Skills

Youth work

Mentoring

Communication

Job description

Salary: £27,870 – £31,086 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: CXK Hastings and Field-based

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 5 days a week

(3 days per week on Pathways for Progression funded by the National Lottery and

Reports to: Area Manager Hastings

Job Purpose:

• Recruit, induct and support Youth Leaders and Youth Ambassadors to participate safely and confidently within Youth Working Groups.
• Deliver 121 and group work creatively and effectively with young people, supporting them to be ready to contribute to the Pathways for Progression project.
• Facilitate the development of Youth Working Groups, supporting Youth Leaders to co-design, test and lead project activities with Youth Ambassadors.
• Provide opportunities and support for young people to influence employers, education providers and decision-makers, ensuring their experiences help shape local opportunities and services.
• Manage a caseload of young people, providing consistent one-to-one support throughout their journey to secure education, employment or training.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Support Youth Leaders to engage with employers, schools, decision-makers and wider stakeholders, building their confidence and ability to influence systems and practice.
• Deliver regular one-to-one supervision, reflective learning sessions and wellbeing check-ins with the Youth Leaders working on the project.
• Deliver ongoing training and development opportunities to build young people’s skills in leadership, facilitation, critical thinking, communication and co-production.
• Deliver information, advice, guidance and mentoring to young people, using coaching and development activities to build confidence, personal and social skills, and employability.
• Ensure all activity is delivered in a trauma-informed, strengths based and inclusive manner, with appropriate support for disadvantaged, neurodivergent and SEND young people.
• Work creatively and in a person-centred way, delivering one-to-one and group support that promotes meaningful youth participation and progression into employment and training.
• Develop proactive relationships with external partners, including employers, to support work-based tasters, visits and other opportunities for CXKs beneficiaries.
• Provide support and work effectively and safely in detached or outreach settings when required
• Contribute to evaluation, learning cycles and continuous improvement activity.
• Maintain and promote compliance with CXK policies, safeguarding procedures and professional boundaries, supporting Youth Leaders and Ambassadors to embed this within their own roles.
• Maintain accurate case records, participant outcomes and evidence in accordance with contract requirements.
• Be responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of CXK beneficiaries, encouraging safe working practices and raising awareness of risk.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances at the discretion of CXK management.

All appointees will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check.