Young People's Worker

Team overview - The Youth Impact Programmes team supports vulnerable young people aged 16-25 across Cambridgeshire to overcome barriers, build confidence and resilience, and move into education, employment or training. We deliver creative group work, community-based and outdoor activities, working closely with a wide range of partners to achieve lasting positive outcomes.,

• Deliver trauma-informed group work and activities (with occasional one-to-one support)
• Support young people to build confidence, resilience and progress into EET
• Assess needs and risks, contributing to safeguarding and referrals
• Work with partners to connect young people to community opportunities
• Maintain accurate records and outcome data
• Follow safeguarding, health & safety and equality policies
• Work flexibly, including evenings, weekends and residentials, Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
  
  This post involves working with vulnerable young people and requires a strong commitment to safeguarding in line with Council policies.
Working arrangements - This is a mobile role requiring flexible working, including evenings, some weekends and residentials, to meet programme needs. Regular travel across Cambridgeshire is required; a full driving license and access to a car are essential. If you are passionate about supporting young people to achieve positive futures, we would welcome your application., Essential
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage and build positive relationships
• Experience planning and delivering group activities or group work with young people or vulnerable groups
• Commitment to safeguarding and supporting young people aged 16-25
• Ability to work safely within policies and procedures
• Good organisational and record-keeping skills
• Relevant Level 3 qualification (youth work, education or similar)
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Experience supporting young people with complex needs (e.g. NEET, SEND, care-experienced, exploitation)
Desirable
• Experience of partnership or multi-agency working
• Level 4 or higher qualification in a related field
  
  Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
  
  We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes