Job | Part Time
OUR PROJECT Youth Worker
Holywood Family Trust
Other
Annual gross salary £7762.56 per annum (pro-rata based on 12 hours per week)
12.00
Holywood Family Trust has a well-established Youth Provision and through the National Lottery funding we are recruiting a Youth Worker to support the OUR Project Co-ordinator and work alongside the OUR project young people.
The project is a new provision to the youth work at Holywood Family Trust. The project will involve working with young people between the ages of 16-25 years from the Holywood and surrounding area. The purpose of the project is to provide increased opportunities for development for young people within areas they have identified. This will include on-going training, mentoring, community action, residentials and volunteering.
The contract term is up to 31st March 2028
The OUR Project Youth Worker will assist in facilitating the outworking of three strands of the Project:
- OUR training: providing young people with access to high-quality leadership training opportunities in areas including leadership, facilitation, and working with marginalised groups. Where possible, training will be accredited.
- OUR community: young people will be supported to deliver and lead community-based events. Developed by the young-people, based on local needs they identify and linking with existing local events.
- OUR volunteering: young-people will be given opportunities to take on volunteer leadership roles.
The Role Responsibilities will include:
- Assisting in designing and writing youth work programmes and workshops, based on the needs of young people.
- Assist in delivering a one-to-one mentoring programme for programme participants.
- Assist in planning and delivering over-night residential opportunities for young people.
- Assist in motivating and supporting young people to play an active role in the project, within our models of youth participation.
- Assist in keeping up to date records.
- Work with (young adult) volunteers including recruiting, inducting, and supporting their involvement and maximising their potential.
- Understand youth work policy in NI and other relevant policies and strategies that impact upon youth work and young people.
- Assist in coordinating community events alongside young people, which are based on community needs and the interests of young people.
- Implement HFT’s Child Protection Policy and work with the young people to safeguard their welfare and the welfare of others.
For full Essential and Desirable requirements see the Job Description and Person Specification.
The Essential Training/Qualifications needed to apply include:
- 1 years’ experience in a paid capacity of working with and building relationships with young people from diverse backgrounds aged 16-25 years old, within the last 5 years.
- 1 years’ experience working with young people and delivering programmes in youth settings.
For full Training and Qualification requirements see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Closing Date
Thursday / 17 April 2025
12:00pm
12:00pm
Contact Details
For Application Pack please email
info@holywoodft.co.uk
Office hours Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm
No CV's accepted, applications must be made through Application process only.
108-110 High Street
Holywood
BT18 9HW
United Kingdom
info@holywoodft.co.uk