Youth Support Worker in Charge

KEY TASKS:

Working with young people:

• Recruit and engage young people in the youth club
• Building appropriate relationships with young people so that they can cope with everyday life and feel good about themselves
• Keeping young people safe
• Use the Engagement framework to measure participation with young people.

Working with staff and volunteers:

• Work flexibly as part of the Youth Team
• Motivation, direct and support of volunteers & sessional staff.

Programme development:

• Develop a friendly activity based youth club
• Provide projects whereby young people can reach their full potential
• Provide opportunities for young people to engage in their local community
• Evaluate and report on aspects of programme content and delivery.

Administration:

• Reporting, membership & keeping attendance records using upshot
• Ensure appropriate levels of staff for the youth club
• Maintenance of youth club equipment, ordering of new equipment
• Monitor and control use of youth club resources
• Tuckshop management
• Ensure the implementation of Association policies through the programme activities i.e. equal opportunities, safeguarding, health and safety, etc