Inner East Youth Work Co-Ordinator

Role

• Co-ordinate the development of East Belfast Youth Practitioners’ Forum through monthly meetings, themed sub-groups, focused workshop and team building.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships and networks with key stakeholders, promoting collaborative working to enhance youth work provision in East Belfast.
• Lead and co-ordinate, with the support of the working group, the implementation of East Belfast Youth Work Strategy.
• Review the youth work strategy action plan in line with emerging needs of young people and youth provision within East Belfast.
• Co-ordinate the delivery and management of East Belfast Street Team project working closely with partners
• Co-ordinate the development of East Belfast Street Work Stakeholder Group through monthly meetings, responding to emerging/current issues.
• Raise awareness and promote the youth work sector in East Belfast by sharing information and enhance understanding about current youth provision.
• Connect with youth provision, supporting youth workers by responding to emerging needs and providing advice and guidance.
• Establish a social media presence to raise the profile of good youth work practice in East Belfast.
• Provide learning opportunities for Youth Workers to improve practice, including exploring new models of work through new ideas, resources, training and development.
• Advocate for further support and provision for young people in East Belfast.

Duties

• Provide secretariat support for monthly meetings of East Belfast Youth Practitioners Forum.
• Progress actions arising from East Belfast Youth Practitioners Forum in partnership with the Chair and Vice-Chair.
• Develop the governance, membership and strategic focus of East Belfast Youth Practitioners Forum.
• Provide secretariat support and Chair monthly meetings of East Belfast Street Work Stakeholder Group.
• Participate in 1- 2 sessions of street team delivery, on a monthly basis with the street team.
• Facilitate a response for any youth-related issues requiring a multi-agency approach.
• Produce a monthly youth practitioner’s eBulletin and maintain the Youth Practitioners’ Forum central database.
• Build relationships with key strategic partners such as: Belfast City Council; PSNI, Education Authority; further education training organisations and other relevant statutory, voluntary and community organisations.
• Review the progress of East Belfast Youth Work Strategy in line with measurements identified.
• Facilitate the delivery of East Belfast Drug & Alcohol Network.
• Any other duties that may be required of you by EBCDA

For an application pack email admin@ebcda.org