What will the role look like?
Working with young people aged 8-19 years providing a range of interventions such as group work, detached and outreach support to promote engagement and participation of young people.
The post holder needs to be available on evenings between 4pm-8:30pm to support with current youth work timetable.
The role will involve planning and delivering groups, activities and tailored packages of individual support. The role will require specific skills around organisation, creativity, managing challenging behaviour and building positive relationships with young people.
What we are looking for?
We require applicants to hold a minimum of a Level 3 in Youth Work and have over 12 months of Youth Work experience. The role will involve delivering a range of youth work interventions such as group work, detached and outreach to support young people’s personal, social and educational development. The post holder is responsible to the identified CYP lead in relation to the performance of their day to day duties and for overall individual performance. The post holder will work closely with other members of the team.
This is a fixed term- Part time role with 7.5 - 25.5 hours working per week. The salary for this role is- £27,000-£29,050 pro-rata.
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A copy of our competency framework can be found here
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process. Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.
Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.
Please Note- To apply, you must have the right to work in the UK. We are currently unable to accept applications from individuals requiring a Skilled Worker Visa.
Barca-Leeds is a community based charity, a registered company limited by guarantee. We are an organisation that delivers transformational projects for adults, children, young people and families in Leeds, connecting them with services that respond to the needs of each individual.
We work with a range of partner organisations, both voluntary and statutory, to reduce social isolation and support people in developing their own initiatives.
We help people overcome the barriers they face in fulfilling their potential by delivering advice, support and guidance at a community and individual level. This includes people who may have complex needs and have been excluded from other services as a result.
We support people struggling with housing issues, finances, physical and mental health problems. Our services are also geared towards children, young people and adults affected by domestic abuse, drug and alcohol issues, as well as people struggling with employment or education.
At a strategic level we seek to influence local, national and international policy development.
Our Vision is 'A Fair Society'. This means that our ultimate purpose is to make a long term sustainable difference by empowering people to achieve independent and fulfilling lives. We take the learning and experiences of the people we work with and share their stories with commissioners and policymakers, in order to influence and shape future changes in policy and services.
Our mission is to care, listen and respond to the needs of people in our communities, and work with them to deliver outstanding services to improve their wellbeing.
