Advert Youth Activity Worker (Summer) (7) Various Locations across Dumfries and Galloway Are you looking for work over the Summer Holidays or before University or College starts? Do you want to be outdoors over the Summer working directly with young people to deliver Youth Work activities? The Youth Work Service in Dumfries and Galloway are offering an exciting opportunity to gain experience working with Young People and to join an innovative and award-winning youth work team where you will help to deliver a range of activities including the Summer Roadshows which deliver sports, arts and activities for children and young people across Dumfries and Galloway in local parks. You will also get the chance to run and supervise activities at our youth groups or help supervise trips. This is a job that will work directly with Young People alongside Youth Workers in a range of different areas and delivering different activities- we need people who have the energy and passion to give Young People a brilliant time over the Summer Holidays. You should be motivated and interested in working with young people aged 12 in an informal way. You will want to gain experience in youth work or working with young people using sports and activities or perhaps consider yourself to be good with people. You need to be comfortable working with other people and have good communication skills. This role will be involved in youth groups within the area you are located and being involved in groups, activities and events that take place. You will work within the local youth work team, including evenings and weekends This post is considered as Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. From 28 February 2011, preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to formal offer of employment being made by Dumfries and Galloway Council. Applicants who have been resident outside the UK within the last 5 years, if offered a position, in addition to a Disclosure Scotland Check, will be required to provide a completed police record check from the police authority in the country or countries in which they were resident. Advert cont… All training required will be provided. Post 1 30 hours per week within Annandale & Eskdale (Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Ecclefechan and Langholm areas) Post 2 30 hours per week within Annandale & Eskdale (Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Ecclefechan and Langholm areas) £19,975 – £20,067.50 Post 3 30 hours per week within Nithsdale (Dumfries, Sanquhar & Kirkconnell areas) Post 4 30 hours per week within Nithsdale (Dumfries, Sanquhar & Kirkconnell areas) £19,975 – £20,067.50 Post 5 30 hours per week within Stewartry (Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright and Dalbeattie areas) £19,975 – £20,067.50 Post 6 30 hours per week within Wigtownshire (Newton Stewart and Stranraer areas) Post 7 30 hours per week based in Wigtownshire (Newton Stewart and Stranraer areas) £19,975 – £20,067.50 These are Seasonal posts to support the delivery of Summer Roadshows and Summer Youth Work Programmes across the different areas for 5 weeks between Wednesday 16th July from Saturday 16 th August. Applicants must be available to for the full duration of these dates. This is a great opportunity to gain experience for moving forward into roles with other departments such as social work, community development, social sciences or youth work. With an exciting benefits package, working for Dumfries and Galloway Council supports you to invest in your own health and wellbeing. Employees have access to our bespoke Vivup platform with over 800 discounts on everyday essentials from top UK retailers, restaurants, utility providers and more. Employees also get access to exclusive discounts from local businesses, a Cycle-to-Work scheme, financial support from My Money Matters, and guidance from our trained Wellbeing Champions. Here at Dumfries and Galloway Council we are committed to equality, diversity and equal opportunity with our values, which include treating everyone with dignity, fairness and respect, driving us to tackle inequality. We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation. If you are interested you can contact Rebecca McClymont from our team. You can call or text her for an information chat about the job and find out more about it. Please contact: [email protected] or call/text on 07774924239 Alert me to jobs like this