Young People’s Co-ordinator

Young People’s Co-ordinator
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster

The Organisation

Our client transforms lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation.

Our client is currently seeking a Young People’s Co-ordinator to join their team on a part-time basis, working 22.2 hours per week, for a maternity cover contract from June 2024 until March 2025.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £20,917.20 per annum (up to £34,862 FTE)
- Annual paid leave entitlement of 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- Enhanced paid sick leave
- Enhanced paid family leave provisions
- Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Investment in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

This is an outstanding opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with experience of working with young people and planning group work to join our client’s impactful charity.

You’ll have the chance to make a genuine difference to communities, supporting two local authorities, promoting health in young people and transforming lives through wellbeing activities!

Plus, with a great assortment of personal and professional benefits on offer, you can rest assured that both your health and career development will be taken care of.

So, if you're passionate about building strong communities, driving positive change and making a real impact in peoples’ lives, our client wants to hear from you.

The Role

As a Young People’s Co-ordinator, you will deliver our client’s service across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

Delivering activities that promote national and local public health priorities to young people aged 11-19 (up to 25 for young disabled people and those with a special education need), you will encourage healthier eating, physical activity, oral health and emotional wellbeing

You will plan, deliver and evaluate our client’s free health promotion clubs, align with services that promote similar messages, and promote a whole systems approach to reduce health inequalities. You will be responsive and flexible to the changing needs of the people their service supports.

About You

To be considered as a Young People’s Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Experience of working with young people
- Experience of planning group work, including completing risk assessments, evaluating and evidencing progress from group work
- Experience in responding to safeguarding risks
- At a minimum, an NVQ Level 3 or an equivalent qualification in a relevant subject

Appointments are subject to our client receiving a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that they consider acceptable.

The closing date for this role is 30th April 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Young People’s Support Worker, Young Person’s Support Worker, Children’s Support Worker, Children & Young Person’s Support Worker,
Community Engagement Officer, Public Engagement Officer, Engagement Officer, or Community Engagement Worker.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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