Youth Worker (23089)
Are you looking to start or develop your career in youth work?
Do you have a passion for supporting young people to build confidence, try new things, and feel a sense of belonging? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Location
This is a community\-based role, delivering sessions across Sedgemoor (including Highbridge and Bridgwater), with some flexibility for planning/administration time.
Working Hours
Negotiable, up to 10 hours per week, including some evening work (fixed term until 31st March 2027\)
About the Role
The Barnardo's Co\-op Partnership is an exciting and innovative programme aiming to support more than one million young people to build positive futures.
Our Sedgemoor for our Future service is co\-designed with young people and centred around a welcoming, inclusive youth space where young people can feel safe, connected, and empowered to take part in meaningful experiences.
Using a youth work approach, we support young people to:
- Build positive relationships and feel a sense of belonging
- Grow in confidence, resilience, and self\-esteem
- Take part in a wide range of activities, including creative, practical, and food\-based sessions
- Explore issues that matter to them and have their voices heard
- Develop teamwork, communication, and essential life skills for the future
You will work as part of a team to support the delivery of engaging, youth\-led sessions. This will include:
- Supporting the delivery of weekly group sessions:
- + Tuesdays – Highbridge, 4:30pm–6:00pm
Alongside this, you will help create safe, inclusive and welcoming environments where young people feel able to take part and be themselves. You'll support a range of activities, workshops and community events, working with colleagues to respond to the needs and interests of young people.
You will also contribute to keeping clear and accurate records and follow safeguarding procedures at all times, helping to ensure young people are safe and supported.
What We're Looking For
- Some experience of working with children and young people (this could include volunteering, placements, or other experience where you have supported children and young people)
- A clear understanding of safeguarding and the importance of keeping young people safe, with the ability to follow procedures in practice
- Good listening and communication skills, and an ability to build positive relationships
- A willingness to learn, reflect, and develop your skills within a youth work role
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Basic written and IT skills to support recording
- A flexible, positive approach, and openness to trying new ideas
When applying, please refer to the Person Specification and Job Description, outlining how your skills and experience meet the role requirements.
Please note: due to the high volume of applications, this advert may close early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
*Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible*
Pay \& Reward Framework*We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's* *values**. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.*
*For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023\. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our* *People \& Culture* *Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.*
*Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid\-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.*
BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work\-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full\-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
- T\&C's apply based on contract
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti\-racist organisation with Anti\-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT\+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
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Benefits
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Discounts at 100's of retailers
Employee suggestion scheme
Company pension
Employee Assistance Programme
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