Job Title: Community Relations Youth Worker
Location: Belfast YMCA, 58 Knightsbridge Park, Belfast, BT9 5EH (Role requires travel to various other settings in order to engage with young people)
Salary: £27,382 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Regular evening and weekend work is required)
Other benefits:
* 5% employer pension contribution
* Employer sick pay scheme
* Holidays - 31 days per year rising to 37 days per year
* Death in service insurance
* Long service awards
* Staff discount on childcare / after schools
Contract: Full Time Permanent
Probation period: 6 months
Job Details
* Facilitating and assisting in the planning of Good Relations workshops with young people in their secondary schools in Greater Belfast
* Coordinating and facilitating Good Relations themed summer and half term projects for young people from diverse backgrounds
* Providing high quality youth work experiences to young people attending Belfast YMCA and CFC South's Friday evening Youth Club
* Work alongside YMCA colleagues to facilitate the delivery of a wide variety of youth work projects
* Encourage the personal development of the young people involved in the Belfast YMCA youth projects, providing opportunities for young people to grow and develop according to their needs
* Create, maintain and develop effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders including young people, parents, teachers and other youth and community workers
* To liaise with schools, funding bodies and community organisations to identify new areas of work, new target groups and investigate new ways of working together to engage with young people
* Understand and be supportive of the Christian Ethos of Belfast YMCA
* Contribute to the monitoring, reviewing and evaluation of all work undertaken
* Excellent record keeping and maintaining high standards in report writing and collation and dissemination of data. Undertake all administrative and financial/budgetary duties associated with the post
* Ensure the implementation of YMCA policies through the programme activities i.e. safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, equal opportunities, anti sectarianism, sexual harassment, health and safety, risk assessment etc,. thereby demonstrating good practice
Please Note: This is not an exhaustive summary of the responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to undertake any other duties of a similar nature as required for the role.
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