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Job description
Job Title: Youth Worker & Lead Targeted Mentor (Community)
Responsible to: Head of Community
Hours p/wk: 37.5 hours; evening and weekend working essential.
Salary: Dependent upon qualifications and experience circa £20.5 – 22.5K per annum
Closing Date: 9am Monday 31st July 2023 although if the right candidate applies, we may appoint before that date so please apply promptly.
Pompey in the Community is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, charismatic, and dedicated Youth Worker to support our Community Department. The key role of the Youth Support Worker is to provide quality youth work and mentoring across our inclusion and education programmes across PITC. You will be required to help evolve our youth work provision, framework and training across the department working closely with project coordinators and external agencies and charities.
How to apply: Please send CV and cover letter addressed to Amanda Valvona. Please email amanda.valvona@@pompeyitc.org.ukor post to:
Amanda Valvona, HR Officer, Pompey in the Community, Anson Road, Portsmouth, PO4 8TB
Please note that the job will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Youth Worker (Community)
Hours will be flexible, as well as working during the day you will be required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays. The role will also include working match days for Portsmouth Football Club and occasional Portsmouth Women’s Football Club fixtures. You will be primarily leading on all youth work provision, whilst providing support with education based one to one mentoring. You will identify training and qualification opportunities for both participants, staff and volunteers.
Duties and Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible and accountable for:
· Support with the delivery and facilitation of afternoon and evening provision in the local community related to social inclusion and employability.
· Develop and maintain effective and positive relationships with partner organisations.
· Engage in the planning and development of sessions in line with stakeholder frameworks and participant needs.
· Provide guidance and support in helping young people set targets and achieve personal goals.
· Demonstrate a strong commitment to inclusive practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
· Provide effective 1:1 and small group mentoring workshops.
· Design and support personal development plans for young mentees.
· Build trusted and reliable relationships as a role model for participants.
· Be committed to applying and promoting safeguarding including ensuring risk assessments, referral forms and incident reporting are undertaken regularly.
· Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety requirements.
General
To always represent Pompey in the Community and Portsmouth Community Football Club in a professional manner, regarding to uniform, presentation, personal hygiene, attitude, conduct and professionalism. To be able to work flexible and unsociable hours where the role of the job requires including evenings, weekends, and match days.
Person Specification Description
Essential
- Have a valid driving licence, with access to own transport to travel across Portsmouth and Hampshire when required.
- Hold a Youth Work qualification
- Have a professional attitude and positive work ethic
- Strong administrative, organisational and IT skills
- Have a sound ability to work collaboratively as part of a team whilst also working independently
- An understanding and commitment to diversity and how it relates to this role
- Experience of youth work practices including positive and effective behaviour management with challenging groups and one-to-one mentoring.
- An understanding of risk and protective factors and the issues facing those from disadvantaged communities and have a desire to make a difference to their lives.
- An excellent knowledge and understanding of safeguarding including principles, procedures and thresholds. A satisfactory enhanced DBS check will need to be completed.
- Be flexible since hours of work will include some evenings and weekends including match days
- Eligible to work in the UK
Desirable:
National Governing Body Sport Award
Related Degree
Previous experience of working with SEND participants.
Experience of writing reports and coordinating a monitoring and evaluation system.
Experience of with volunteers and casual sport coaches and/or youth workers
Practical experience of managing information operating systems including monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance frameworks as social network mechanisms including websites.
Other Duties
· To comply with the requirements of the staff handbook.
· Work with commercial and Marketing Manager to install an on-going marketing campaign to publicise project to participants and promote to local media.
· Assist the Chief Executive and Management Team in providing regular reports for the Trustees’ Management Committee meetings
· Any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Trustees
Pompey in the Community is Portsmouth Football Club’s affiliated charity and as such you will be working for a high-profile organisation within the city.
The organisation, alongside the club, have huge ambitions to really embed themselves in the local community. As a result, it is an exciting time to join Pompey in the Community.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,500.00-£22,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hampshire, PO4 8TB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 31/07/2023
Reference ID: Youth Worker & Lead Mentor
