Youth Team Leader – Hospital Project

Location:

Basildon Employment:
Full time Category:
Youth Worker Posted:
Valid to:
Apply:  Essex County Council Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for up to 12 months

The Youth Work in Hospital Project operates within the Mid and South Essex Hospitals (Basildon, Southend, and Broomfield) to support young people in their community. This service is available to those aged 11–19 (up to 25 with SEND) during their hospital visit and after discharge into their communities.

The project provides professionally qualified youth workers who:

Offer 1:1 support and guidance based on individual needs, such as school advocacy and next-step planning; signpost or referring young people to appropriate community groups or services; and Youth group interventions.

Youth workers are available five days a week, 9:00 AM–8:00 PM, for young people who have presented in A&E, are inpatients on a ward, or have been identified during clinic appointments. Enraging young people who may be experiencing health, emotional, social or personal challenges.

About the role:

As Team Leader You will be expected to:
Manage a caseload of young; completing assessments and delivering targeted interventions, mentoring and support.

Deliver youth work across hospital, community and home settings, including A&E departments, wards, clinics, schools.

Plan and facilitate group work programmes that promote young people's personal, social and health outcomes, ensuring young people help shape delivery.

Work collaboratively with NHS professionals, CAMHS, Education, Social Care, Housing, SEND, Youth Offending Services and other partners to maximise support and remove barriers.

Maintain accurate records, reports and data in line with Essex County Council requirements, information sharing protocols, GDPR and Youth Service procedures.

Promote safeguarding, equality, diversity, risk management and continuous improvement whilst contributing to team meetings, supervision and project development.

Essential Criteria :

JNC recognised Youth Work qualification (or equivalent relevant qualification or willingness to work toward qualification).GCSE Grade A-C / 9-4 (or equivalent Level 2 qualification) in English and Mathematics.

Experience of delivering one-to-one and group work interventions with young people, including managing a caseload and assessing needs.

Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, professional boundaries, equality, diversity and information governance.

Ability to build positive relationships with young people and engage those facing complex personal, social, health or educational challenges.

Full UK driving licence, access to a vehicle and ability to travel across the Mid and South Essex, Thurrock and Southend area.

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge of NHS services and experience working alongside CAMHS, Social Care, Education, SEND, Housing or Youth Justice services.

Experience supporting young people with long-term health conditions, emotional wellbeing needs or SEND.Previous experience supervising, leading projects or supporting the development of other youth workers.

Knowledge of health inequalities, barriers to engagement and approaches that improve young people's health and wellbeing outcomes.

About You:

We are seeking a creative, proactive Youth Worker who is committed to helping young people overcome barriers, improve their wellbeing and achieve positive outcomes using Key Youth Work principles. You will be a strong team player, whilst being able to work independently while building effective partnerships across a range of organisations.

You will be…