Youth Development Workers

Nottingham City Council; United States; Remote; USD 35,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Smart Working

Health & wellbeing benefits

Discounted local facilities

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a Youth Work professional to develop and deliver citywide youth provision across centre-based, outreach and detached settings. You will collaborate with Children's Integrated Services and voluntary partners to ensure safe, engaging activities that support personal, social and educational development of young people.

You will supervise volunteers, manage delivery sites, and ensure inclusive approaches across communities while flexible working in evenings and

Qualifications

• Minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth Work, JNC qualification in youth work, or relevant children's service discipline.
• Experience providing high-quality services for children and young people, including those at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth violence.
• Planning, co-ordinating and leading youth work sessions to achieve best outcomes in variety of settings.
• Ability to communicate sensitively and develop respectful and trusting relationships with children, young people and families.
• Advocating and influencing across partnerships to achieve outcomes for young people.
• Understanding of Safeguarding and Early Help practice in respect to children, young people and families.
• Ability and commitment to work evenings and weekends to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver youth provision across city settings including centre-based, outreach and detached work.
• Coordinate activities across Nottingham City Council Children's Integrated Services and partners to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Oversee volunteers and safe use of delivery sites, ensuring inclusivity and engagement for diverse communities.
• Build positive relationships with young people, families and partner organisations to meet local needs.

Skills

Youth work session planning

Communicating with children & families

Partnerships & advocacy

Safeguarding & Early Help

Evening/weekend availability

Volunteer supervision

Education

Level 3 Youth Work/JNC qualification

Job description

Working citywide you will be responsible for the effective development and delivery of youth provision in a variety of settings, including centre-based, outreach and detached settings. This will include delivery across a range of youth provision and community venues, including Bulwell Riverside Youth Centre, the new Youth Hub and other locations across Nottingham City. You will work with colleagues across Children's Integrated Services and a range of voluntary and community organisations to ensure the joint co-ordination and delivery of positive activities for young people to ensure that children and young people's personal, social and educational development is facilitated and supported. As part of Nottingham's developing youth offer, you will play an important role in creating safe, engaging and inclusive opportunities for young people, helping them to build confidence, develop skills and achieve positive outcomes. You will oversee volunteers and safe use of delivery sites / provisions and ensure that at all times delivery is planned, promotes the active engagement of children and young people and is of high quality and meets the needs of Nottingham's diverse communities. You will work flexibly across neighbourhoods and communities, building positive relationships with young people, families and partner organisations to ensure services are responsive to local needs and accessible to young people across the city.

• Minimum of Level 3 Qualification in Youth Work, JNC qualification in youth work, or relevant children's service discipline
• Experience providing high-quality services for children and young people, including those at risk of anti-social behaviour and youth violence
• Good knowledge and experience of planning, co-ordinating and leading youth work sessions to achieve best outcomes in variety of settings, some of which may be challenging
• Ability to communicate sensitively and develop respectful and build trusting relationships with children, young people and families.
• Ability to achieve successful outcomes for children and young people by advocating and influencing across partnerships
• Understanding of Safeguarding and Early Help practice in respect to children, young people and families
• Ability and commitment to work evening and weekends to meet the needs of the service

Please ensure you demonstrate how you meet the above requirement in your supporting documents A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council ., Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.