Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4DY (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
Basic DBS check required
Band 6 - £27,363 - £31,067 p.a. (£4,437 - £5,037 pro rata)
6.0 hours per week
Working with young people aged between 11-19 years, and up to 25 for those with learning difficulties and disabilities within our LDD youth setting and in a open access youth club setting. You will encourage young people’s participation in their club and in planning and running activities with them.
Building relationships with these young people, by being a good listener, listening to what the young people want from the activities as well as listening to their issues and signposting them on to other services as and when required.
You will be expected to support the work under the direction of the Youth Club Manager. Your duties could include, sport, dance, participation in art, music, drama, discussions, and cooking with young people to name but a few, also off-site activities to include some day trips and residentials. You can find out more about our service here: pycportsmouth.co.uk
Skills:
1. Have experience of working with young people from age 11-25 years, be enthusiastic and able to make and maintain effective relationships.
2. Have excellent communication skills and be able to engage effectively with young people, staff, and stakeholders in a restorative way.
3. The ability to converse at ease with service users.
4. Be able to plan group activities onsite and off-site that engages young people and encourages learning and self-development, including for the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) programme.
5. Be self-directed, able to work as part of a team, and role model professional practice to staff, demonstrating effective ways of engaging young people.
6. Be able to recognise when young people are having issues and be able to respond appropriately, offering support and signposting to other agencies.
7. Be able to make sound decisions to ensure the safety and well-being of young people, staff, and the wider community.
8. Be friendly and approachable with a sense of humour and lots of patience.
9. An understanding of anti-discriminatory practice is essential, along with the empowerment of young people.
10. An understanding of and some experience in working with young people who have LDD/SEND.
11. Be open-minded but recognise and challenge inappropriateness in a young person’s behaviour or language.
12. Be flexible in your hours of work as you will need availability to work in the evenings and occasional weekends as well as working from different sites.
Building relationships with these young people, by being a good listener, listening to what the young people want from the activities as well as listening to their issues and signposting them on to other services as and when required.
You will be expected to support the work under the direction of the Youth Club Manager. Your duties could include, sport, dance, participation in art, music, drama, discussions, and cooking with young people to name but a few, also off-site activities to include some day trips and residentials. You can find out more about our service here: pycportsmouth.co.uk
Skills:
1. Have experience of working with young people from age 11-25 years, be enthusiastic and able to make and maintain effective relationships.
2. Have excellent communication skills and be able to engage effectively with young people, staff, and stakeholders in a restorative way.
3. The ability to converse at ease with service users.
4. Be able to plan group activities onsite and off-site that engages young people and encourages learning and self-development, including for the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) programme.
5. Be self-directed, able to work as part of a team, and role model professional practice to staff, demonstrating effective ways of engaging young people.
6. Be able to recognise when young people are having issues and be able to respond appropriately, offering support and signposting to other agencies.
7. Be able to make sound decisions to ensure the safety and well-being of young people, staff, and the wider community.
8. Be friendly and approachable with a sense of humour and lots of patience.
9. An understanding of anti-discriminatory practice is essential, along with the empowerment of young people.
10. An understanding of and some experience in working with young people who have LDD/SEND.
11. Be open-minded but recognise and challenge inappropriateness in a young person’s behaviour or language.
12. Be flexible in your hours of work as you will need availability to work in the evenings and occasional weekends as well as working from different sites.
Closing date: Sun 09/03/2025 at 23:59
Job reference: pcc/TP/723/341