Senior Youth Worker

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Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 24 March 2025

Closing Date: Monday 17 March 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC4 £24,890.91 - £27,087.17 (Pro-Rata)

Working Pattern: 16 hours per week - evenings and occasional weekends, 36 weeks per year

Location: Various across South and West Fife (West Fife Villages/Rosyth/Inverkeithing/North Queensferry)

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

Leading a small team of Youth Workers to plan, organise and evaluate general youth work activities such as arts and crafts sessions, sports events, team challenges, group discussions and project work and more specific activities such as Youth Achievement Award projects and residential learning experiences.

Engaging with identified groups of young people affected by social inclusion issues, challenging their behaviour patterns and supporting their learning needs. Completing personal evaluation materials and supporting the Community Education Worker in the delivery of learning activities and projects.

Ensuring that the youth work team creates an environment where young people are able to relax, meet friends, make new relationships, have fun and find support.

Engaging young people by actively listening and encouraging questions, checking for understanding and challenging in a positive way, any unrealistic views or those based on unfounded information.

Encouraging young people to participate in group discussions and group activities that promote acceptance and understanding of others and equality of opportunity for all.

Ensuring that registration, attendance records and the recording sheet are completed and returned to the Community Education Worker following the youth work sessions.

Supporting young people to complete their individual youth award portfolio's and record their achievements on the Management and Performance Information System.

Collating and submitting the evaluation information and participant impact statements as a requirement of the Service Quality Improvement Framework.

Undertaking cash handling duties including collection, recording and banking of admission, membership and excursion fees.

Maintaining regular communication with the Community Education Worker to update on issues, programme ideas and achievements of the youth project and individual members of the youth project.

Liaising with outside agencies such as the police, Health and voluntary your work providers to develop appropriate information sessions, interagency visits and projects.

The Person

• Significant experience in a youth work setting.
• Experience of developing learning and education programmes with young people (deliver results - See 'How We Work Matters' Framework).
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to plan a programme around their needs.
• SVQ2 or 3 Youth Work / PDA Youth Work desirable.
• Group facilitation skills.
• Ability to handle challenging situations confidently (take ownership).
• Evaluation and report writing skills.
• Ability to motivate/engage young people and encourage participation (customer focus).
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team (work together).
• Ability to develop positive relationships with young people.
• Ability to act as a positive role model to young people.
• Awareness of young people's issues and development needs.
• IT literate (embrace technology and information).
• Complete core training within 1 year of appointment.
• Prepared to undertake specialist youth worker training programmes.
• Awareness of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Good time-keeper and reliable, and prepared to work flexibly.
• Ability to work in partnership in a range of settings.
• Ability to deliver training opportunities to peers.

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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For further information please contact: Leanne Bower - leanne.bower@fife.gov.uk