Youth Support Worker

Youth Support Worker in Charge

Various posts across the county

£21,682 - £24,730 pa (pro rata for part-time)

Negotiable part-time hours, evening and daytime

Permanent or 12 months fixed term or variable hour contracts

Are you interested in helping young people to succeed?

Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is a leading local authority with a highly regarded YC Hertfordshire (YCH) service which delivers targeted prevention and early intervention youth work projects and programmes.

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated and imaginative people to deliver high quality informal education opportunities to young people to promote personal and social development.

You will deliver programmes to develop young people’s confidence, self-esteem; enable them to learn new skills and enhance their employability.  You will be working with those who are challenged in education, their community or home life.

You will supervise a small team of youth support workers and volunteers to plan, deliver and evaluate engaging and educational youth work programmes.  You will need to have paid or voluntary experience of working with young people.

IT skills are essential as you will be required to record data on relevant management information systems.

The type of contract you are looking for and the number of hours will be discussed at interview.

This is an excellent opportunity for those who want to make a difference to the lives of young people.

Benefits:

• Initial and on-going training provided
• Excellent career development
• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Discounts on everyday shopping / holidays / entertainment/leisure along with cashback with our Herts Rewards Scheme
• Support groups
• Occupational maternity / paternity and adoption pay
• Excellent Wellbeing schemes

If you think you have what is required, please apply now

Please state the:

• type of contract in which you are interested
• number of hours you are seeking and times you are available to work
• area of the county in which you would be interested in working

Closing date: 9 July 2018.

Interviews will be late afternoon and early evening on the 18 and 19 July 2018.

Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

As part of the application you will be prompted to provide a supporting statement which is your opportunity to evidence how your skills, knowledge and experience match what we are looking for based on the PERSON SPECIFICATION area of the attached Job Outline. If you do not supply a supporting statement, your application may be rejected.