15 Childcare jobs in Barrow-in-furness

As a Youth Development Worker, you will establish appropriate youth work relationships with young people attending projects whilst identifying learning opportunities for the delivery of appropriate activities, which empower them to make positive changes. You will also be responsible for working on a one-to-one basis with the young people who are in need of individual support to empower and support them to make positive changes and decisions to help effect positive change. As a youth worker, you'll need to:

• Assess the needs of young people, and plan and deliver programmes related to young people's needs and issues.
• Provide good quality advice and guidance on the full range of issues affecting young people such as education, employment, training, physical and emotional health and social issues to ensure young people receive appropriate information to support their needs.
• Support young people exploring educational opportunities.
• Support young people building a CV and delivering job search skills.
• Deliver a weekly well-being group, designing, delivering and promoting what we offer.
• Plan and deliver weekly activities to young people ranging from cooking on a budget, how to feel good about yourself, building young people's confidence and resilience
• Regularly monitor and review the quality of the local youth work provision.
• Mentor, coach and support individuals and encourage greater social inclusion.
• Work in partnership with professionals from other organisations that support young people such as social care, health, police, education, youth offending teams and local authorities.
• Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings that bring together practitioners from different sectors.
  
  The ideal Youth Development Worker for this role will have a background in youth work and will therefore have the knowledge and ability to manage challenging behaviour in a way, which still produces positive outcomes and helps brake down the barrier to learning. Having a relevant qualification such as a youth and community work degree will also enhance your application., Disability Confident
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