Youth Officer

Are you passionate about supporting young people to succeed by providing opportunities and support to enable them to make positive choices?, Are you someone that can help us meet the needs and aspirations of young people and deliver high quality Youth Work? Are you passionate about delivering positive outcomes with individual young people and through group settings? More than just a leader, you'll be an inspirational mentor for young people and will ensure that their voice is represented in the service we provide.

The successful applicant will lead on targeted youth provision, managing, planning, delivering and evaluating services and activities in a variety of settings, working alongside youth workers, to meet the needs of vulnerable young people across Sandwell.

Youth work is mainly delivered in the evenings and the successful applicant will be required to regularly work at least 3 evenings and occasional weekends.

This post is Fixed Term for two years.

Hours: 37 hours per week

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS with Children's Barring List Check.

In this pivotal role, we're looking for a dynamic, JNC degree level qualified and experienced Senior Youth Officer. You will have experience in managing and developing youth work programmes and projects. You should have some understanding of relevant policies and practices, alongside excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Sandwell Youth Service aims to provide personal learning and development for all young people in Sandwell accessing our youth offer. We deliver a range of provisions including Centre Based, Detached and specialised youth work teams working across the six towns in Sandwell.