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* Salary: GBP 4,019.00 - 4,370.00 per year
Overview
Gwynedd Council information and details are provided below. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification. The Council operates bilingually and encourages applicants to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
For further information about this post please contact Sion Bryn Roberts on 07920264113 or sionbrynroberts@gwynedd.llyw.cymru. Interview date to be confirmed. Applications and details are available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH. Tel: 01286 679076. E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 24/09/2025
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are shortlisted for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. Please check your email regularly.
Person Specification
Personal attributes
Essential
* Able to work well and create a solid relationship with young people
* The ability to work as a member of a small team, working in the evenings and weekends
* Able to work unsociable hours
Desirable
* -
Qualifications and relevant training
Essential
* -
Desirable
* • Level 3 qualification in Youth Work.
* • Level 1 Child Protection Course
Relevant experience
Essential
* • Experience of working with young people
* • Experience of providing projects / activities for young people
Desirable
* -
Skills and specialist knowledge
Essential
* • Effective face to face communication skills with young people
* • Fluent in both Welsh and English
* • Good organisational and administrative skills
* • Able to work with young people.
* • Strong commitment to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Child Protection
Desirable
* • Knowledge of current developments in the youth work field
Language requirements
Listening and Speaking - Intermediate: Able to maintain a fluent conversation on everyday subjects and discuss cases involving the field of work; follow a discussion in Welsh; contribute to conversation and answer questions.
Reading and Understanding - Intermediate: Understand everyday correspondence at work; understand longer reports in Clear Welsh.
Writing - Intermediate: Able to write letters, emails and short reports in Welsh and English; may require checks before sending.
Job Description
Purpose of the post
* • Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
Responsibility for functions
* • Will be responsible for the equipment used at the time
Main duties
* • Leader in Charge to present projects and activities for young people in their communities.
* • Ensure that young people feel safe, receive support, are appreciated, learn how to take control over their lives and identify and oppose harmful influences that may impact them.
* • Assist the Youth Worker to identify the interests and needs of young people in order to develop sessions and projects and organise events and activities.
* • Assist the Youth Worker to offer a range of learning experiences for young people using informal youth work methods, within communities, that are suitable for young people
* • Assist the Youth Worker to present courses that lead to accreditation (Agored Cymru, ASDAN Youth Challenge and Achievement Schemes, Children’s University)
* • Adhere to all the employer's relevant policies and other statutory requirements, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Child Protection.
* • Input required information needed about young people in the information gathering system
* • Ensure that the Young Person's voice is heard in everything that is offered and developed
* • Attend staff meetings as required
* • Attend training for youth workers organised by or on behalf of the Council
* • Responsibility for self-development.
* • Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
* • Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
* • Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
* • Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
* • Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
* • Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused
Special circumstances
* Employment: JNC for Youth and Community Workers Points 5 - 9
* Annual Leave: JNC Terms - 30 days annual leave for the first five years and 35 days for subsequent years (pro-rata).
* Working Hours: The working week: 6 hours a week, working in the evening and weekends, and at times flexibility could be required in order to meet the needs of specific work.
* Hours: The hours to include evenings and weekends and some could be residential.
* Car use: Full driving licence and use of a car. The post-holder will be designated an "occasional car user".
* Language: The post-holder will need to be confident in both Welsh and English orally and in writing from the outset.
* You will be appointed to work in your catchment area, however, in special circumstances you will be required to work outside your catchment area
* The post is subject to the completion of an acceptable check through the Criminal Records Bureau.
* We will look in detail at the job description in a year's time following the appointment.
EEO statements and other required information are retained as provided by the employer.
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