We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Tower Hamlets to assist with the appointment of an Senior Youth Worker, on a 5-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £24.06 - £31.00 per hour

Responsibilities:

• To contribute to the continuous development of a borough-wide Youth Work Strategy and Delivery Model including the effective implementation and evaluation of these in the universal safe spaces area.
• To be responsible for leading Youth Sports Coaches in all aspects of delivering effective sports and physical sessions for young people.
• To implement operational rotas ensuring there is sufficient staffing in compliance with identified minimum staffing ratios relevant to each universal safe spaces setting. Also, collaborating with the wider Young Tower Hamlets leadership and management team to ensure that the offer is sufficiently staffed at a borough wide level.
• To plan year-round programme plans in collaboration with Youth Sports Coaches, Youth Support Workers and Volunteers. Ensuring that plans are varied, informed by the curriculum, asset based, co-produced and responsive to the local needs of young people across the portfolio.
• To plan and implement sports and physical sessions which actively includes and engages vulnerable young people in accessing the offer. This includes children we look after, children leaving care, young carers, young people with special educational needs or disabilities, young people vulnerable to exploitation and children in the youth justice system.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A relevant degree or professional qualification in youth work, youth justice, probation or social work (SWE registered).
• Experience of working within and undertaking a lead role in delivering universal provision for young people.
• Experience of line managing staff and/or volunteers working across a range of a range of settings.
• Experience of delivering services for young people in an inner urban area with complex social needs and disadvantage.
• Experience of evidencing commitment to inclusion, equality and equity of opportunity and delivery of improved outcomes for disadvantaged groups.
• Experience of establishing, developing and maintaining effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders which contributes to effectively safeguarding and supporting young people.
• Experience of developing project bids and securing external funding and managing budgets.
• Experience of evaluating quality of effective practice, performance and continuous improvement.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Basic DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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