Please read application instructions below to be considered for the role.
Started in 2008, Oasis is a community space in the heart of Cardiff, which gives a warm Welsh welcome to around 2500 people seeking sanctuary (asylum seekers and refugees) per year across South Wales. We empower them to reach their aspirations for themselves and their families by providing;
* access to the essentials
* education and career pathways
* community integration activities to build relationships at Oasis and in their local communities
* opportunities to influence the services and systems that impact their lives
Our commitment to co-production ensures that everything we do is shaped by the needs and voices of those we support, making them central to everything we do.
Job Title: Youth Empowerment Worker
Hours: 40 hours
Salary: £26,208
Location: Oasis, 69B Splott Road, Cardiff
About You
You are committed, think out of the box, and are passionate about enabling young sanctuary seekers. You will promote the involvement of young people in group-work and activities by identifying their strengths, assets and talents. You will help young people understand processes and systems which affect them. You will enable and empower young people to ensure their voices are heard and bring about positive change, to increase levels of confidence, and to encourage their ability to self-advocate. You will seek and promote new and diverse engagement opportunities for young people,
to encourage inclusion and personal development.
Main Duties
* Engage with young people to involve them in the project
* Act as a peer contact for young people including through 1 to 1 case work
* Collation of KPIs and outputs for reports
Run:
* Orientation visits to external services and locations
* Welcome workshops and early intervention for new arrivals
Support colleagues with the delivery of:
* Activities at evening youth group once a week
* Co- produced social media marketing of the project
* Training, participatory activities and discussions for young people, i.e. co-production training, public speaking, social media/filming
* Consultation, planning, delivery and evaluation of activities on the project/projects
* Development of partnerships with external organisations
* Moving On After Trauma Psychoeducation Groups
* Advisory Panel meetings (young people governance board for the project)
Skills and Competence
Essential
* Be caring, passionate and committed to supporting young people from a refugee and asylum seeker background and ensuring their voices are central to project delivery
* Understand the importance of mental health and wellbeing
* Be able to confidently support the facilitation of discussions and activities, and elevate the voices of young people
* Be able to write reports, and communicate essential aspects of the project to the Project Lead and the project management team
* Be flexible in working hours - you will be required to work every Wednesday evening as well as some weekends. This is within your weekly hours
* Have evidence of being a proactive role model to young people.
* Demonstrate self-motivation, flexibility and ability to work independently to meet deadlines
* Be a team player and solutions-focused
* Demonstrate Oasis’ core values of Warm Welsh Welcome, Integrity,
* Kindness and Courage
* Have excellent interpersonal skills.
* Show discretion and confidentiality
* Commitment to ongoing personal development appropriate for the role
Full role description can be found on our website
TO APPLY
Please fill in the application form on our website: https://www.oasiscardiff.org/jobs
We will not accept applications in lieu of this form.
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