Penrhyndeudraeth - Part Time Youth Project Workers

GBP 1,419.00 - 1,543.00 per year

• Essential: Able to work well and create a solid relationship with young people.
• Able to work as a member of a small team, working in the evenings and weekends.
• Able to work unsociable hours.

• Desirable: Level 3 qualification in Youth Work.
• Level 1 Child Protection Course.

• Experience of working with young people.
• Experience of providing projects / activities for young people.

• Effective face-to-face communication skills with young people.
• Fluent in both Welsh and English.
• Good organisational and administrative skills.
• Able to work with young people.
• Strong commitment to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Child Protection.

• Knowledge of current developments in the youth work field.

• Listening and Speaking – Intermediate:
  Able to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of everyday subjects and discuss cases involving the field of work.
• Reading and Understanding – Intermediate:
  Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work and longer reports in Clear Welsh.
• Writing – Intermediate:
  Able to write letters, e­mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using familiar vocabulary; these will be reviewed before sending.

• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
• Leader in charge.

• Will be responsible for the equipment used at the time.

• Leader in Charge to present projects and activities for young people in their communities.
• Ensure that young people feel safe, receive support, are appreciated, learn how to take control over their lives and identify and oppose harmful influences.
• Assist the Youth Worker to identify the interests and needs of young people to develop sessions, projects and organise events and activities.
• Assist the Youth Worker to offer a range of learning experiences for young people using informal youth work methods, within communities.
• Assist the Youth Worker to present courses that lead to accreditation (Agored Cymru, ASDAN Youth Challenge and Achievement Schemes, Children's University).
• Adhere to all employer's relevant policies and statutory requirements, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Child Protection.
• Input required information about young people in the information gathering system.
• Ensure that the Young Person's voice is heard in everything that is offered and developed.
• Attend staff meetings as required.
• Attend training for youth workers organised by or on behalf of the Council.
• Responsibility for self‑development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines and Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions and encouraging others to act positively towards reducing the Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Employment: JNC for Youth and Community Workers Points 5 — 9.

Annual Leave: JNC Terms — 30 days annual leave for the first five years and 35 days for subsequent years (pro‑rata).

Location:

Serving the Catchment Areas of Llanberis.

Working Hours:

2 hours a week, evenings, weekends and occasional residential work may be required; flexibility may be needed.

Car use:
Full driving licence and use of a car; the post-holder will be an occasional car user.

Language:
The post-holder will be confident in both Welsh and English orally and in writing from the outset.

The post is subject to an acceptable Criminal Records Bureau check.

The post is subject to completion of Level 3 in Youth Work within two years of appointment.