ATLAS WOMEN'S CENTRE Salary
7 BACHELORS WALK LISBURN BT28 1XJ
TIN: NI059265
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ATLAS WOMEN'S CENTRE is looking for employees for positions:
support worker | young people |
Working hours
- full-time | Contract
Education
- GCSE or equivalent
- 3rd level recognised professional qualification in Social Work, Youth and Community work or Counselling OR at least two years relevant experience in a similar role
- JOB TITLE: Young People’s Support Worker
- RESPONSIBLE TO: Project Co-ordinator
- HOURS OF WORK: 35 hours per week which will include evening and weekend work
Requirements
- at least two years experience of working directly with young people
- proven experience and knowledge of designing and delivering creative, needs led programmes and in evaluating these programmes effectively
- experience of recruitment and engagement of young people onto programmes
- formal communication skills for presentations, report writing and funding applications
- proven ability to forward plan, prioritise and manage time/workload
- designing and delivering programmes for young people: 2 years
- working directly with young people: 2 years
Responsibility
- to co-ordinate and oversee the duties of volunteer Peer Educators
- the Young People’s Support Worker will work alongside the Project Co-ordinator, Youth Support Worker and volunteer Peer Educators to design, deliver and evaluate a variety of programmes and services for young people
- to manage elements of the programme budget for programme delivery
- to design and deliver a range of evidenced based youth work programmes both on a one-to-one basis and in groups
- to ensure young people can influence the planning, delivery and evaluation of all services
- to listen, advise, support and act as an advocate for young people
- to work directly with young people to assess their needs and design/deliver programmes which provide opportunities for young people to raise their aspirations, confidence, self-esteem and their ability to learn and grow
- to ensure that services/programmes are compliant with good practice guidelines and appropriate safeguards are in place at all times