Introduction
The KFC Youth
Foundation is the corporate foundation that was setup in 2015 and is
financially supported by KFC UK&I. The KFC Youth Foundation is a charity.
But we aren’t ones
to rest on our laurels and over the last 18 months we have been developing a
strategy to transform ourselves into a service delivery organisation. It is our
ambition to create KFC Youth Foundation Hubs; amazing spaces with awesome youth
workers that allow young people who most need it, to feel safe and secure.
We are opening our first Youth Hub in Middlesbrough this summer. It is our intention to deliver open access youth services with a particular focus around food education, employment and food aid, by creating a training kitchen and cafe.
Our core values are
to empower young people to take control of their lives and make positive
changes for themselves and to create viable career opportunities for youth
workers. We want to be champions for change, leading the way in making youth
work a credible profession and providing a platform and a voice for young
people and youth workers, by offering Youth Work Apprenticeships and Training.
We know that the power of change comes from the ability to collaborate, so we
want to work with trusted partners to execute our shared goal of supporting
young people to fulfil their potential.
What will you be doing?
Ahead of the KFC Youth
Foundation Hub opening you will be feet on the ground in Middlesbrough during
the development of the Youth Hub to opening, supporting with the recruitment of
youth workers and hub employees, policy writing, creating a youth board for the
hub and co-designing opening programming and the opening of the hub.
Service Delivery &
Partnership
* Responsible for the management and
preparation(s) of programme delivery - play and youth work and early help
provision onsite, that meets the needs of children, young people and
families including through direct and partnership delivery with third
sector providers.
* Develop and maintain the support needed for a
varied 7-day programme of term-time and holiday youth provision (open
access and targeted); inclusive of sports, arts, cultural and recreational
activity that promotes the development of physical and emotional
well-being
* You will have a local knowledge and be able to
develop a meaningful dialogue with children, young people and families,
with the purpose of assessing their needs and creating services to meet
them.
* Establish an inclusive culture within the
youth hub; where all are welcome and supported to participate, and where
respect, honesty, and trust enables children and young people to thrive.
* Develop initiatives and partnerships to build
strong links with the local community and support the growth of positive
perceptions of children, young people and their families.
* Implementing methods for observable or
measurable indicators of success.
* Organise regular outreach to facilitate the
involvement of children, young people from across the ward and borough;
targeting those who have had little contact with services and may be hard
to engage.
* Work with other key agencies to manage risk.
Leadership
* Ensure all staff are aware of practice
standards, expectations and timescales, and establishing a culture of
responsibility and accountability building trust, good morale and
teamwork.
* Manage service area delivery in a manner that
promotes equality of opportunity and collaborative working; ensuring that
all youth workers and hub employees are aware of the requirement to
deliver non-discriminatory services and to promote greater equity for
disadvantaged groups.
* Consistently promote and apply the KFCYF
policies and standards in managing employee sickness absence,
unsatisfactory performance, conduct, discipline, and grievances, and
customer complaints according to the Foundation’s policies.
* Support the recruitment and induction of staff
and carrying out regular supervision and annual performance appraisals for
line reports.
* Take responsibility for staff timetables,
rotas, and annual leave; arranging and authorising any necessary staff
cover that may be required.
* Take authority for expenditure for events and
activities within established KFCYF financial processes and accounting for
all budget spending as required.
* Ensure that KFCYF policy and procedures for
health and safety are adhered to and that all equipment is maintained,
taking action as necessary to ensure compliance.
* Ensure risk assessments are carried out for
the premises, activities and services and updated as and when necessary.
* Ensure regular health and safety audits are
carried out and that any areas of non-compliance are quickly rectified.
Administration
* Oversee the keeping of accurate and up to date
records of attendance data and other management information as required.
* Maintain records of interventions; keeping
files current, well organised, and able to provide concise and accurate
information for the Foundation on outcomes achieved.
* Prepare and present quarterly reports for the
review of the Foundation Manager/ Trustees
What we'd love from you?
* A personal commitment to the KFC Youth
Foundation’s mission to help young people achieve their potential and our
ambition to become a delivery organisation
* Experience of managing and delivering open
access and targeted youth work/ youth participation programmes
* Evidence of continuing professional
development.
* A satisfactory DBS check at enhanced level is
required.
Desirable
* Understanding of RPA duties, apprenticeships
and support for non-engaged young people in employment pathways.
* A professional or occupational qualification;
in Youth Work, Teaching, Health or social work is required.
* Experience of managing and delivering a range
of preventative programmes focussed on improving education, health or
youth crime reduction outcomes, including restorative solutions.
* Knowledge of accreditation programmes and
experience of curriculum development and implementation
* Knowledge and experience of youth
participation legislation, strategies and methods
* Experience of safer volunteer recruitment
programmes.
* First Aid qualification
Experience
* Experience of successfully managing service
change and development with evidenced outcomes for users.
* Experience of managing within an urban and
ethnically diverse context and developing and delivering appropriate
services.
* Experience in working on an inter-agency
basis.
* Ability to motivate and empower staff so as to
build effective teams and relationships, trust, good morale and teamwork.
* Experience of planning and leading programmes
of informal education in large and small group settings
* A strong track record of developing and
embedding a performance management culture with a clear development focus,
including translating strategic plans into individual and team objectives.
* Understanding of the roles and
responsibilities of key agencies working with young people, including
their statutory responsibilities and the ability to maintain effective
communication and working relationships with all partners.
* Ability to initiate and maintain effective
communication and working relationships with a relevant range of people
and organisations
* Ability to work with children and young people
who present challenging behaviour
* Ability to plan and implement programmes for
disabled young people and those with SEN
Strategic Thinking and Planning
* Able to demonstrate a track record of
strategic planning and the delivery of high-quality customer focused
services.
* Able to demonstrate the ability to devise
strategies for service delivery and improvement and translate them into
realisable plans.
* Able to influence widely, achieve solid buy in
from staff, colleagues, and officials across the Foundation, external
partners and all stakeholders.
Financial Management
* A proven ability to manage expenditure budget
to the standard required by the Foundation, while delivering high quality
value for money services.
* Able to manage, support and direct service
delivery by members and projects from inception to implementation within
budget and within set timescales.
* Financial sustainability – including business
development and income generation.
The KFC Youth Foundation is
proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal
employment opportunity regardless of ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity.
The KFC Youth Foundation is
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people and expects all staff to share this commitment.