Youth Worker Level 1

Level 1 Youth Worker

Play and Youth Service

9 Hours Per Week

JNC Pay Scale Level 1 505-506: £12.21 to £12.38 Per Hour (£23,496 to £23,825 Full Time Equivalent Salary)

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

The Role

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Job Description

The role is to engage a diverse range of young people in positive activities as well as offer support, advice and guidance on issues that affect young people.  You will be responsible for delivering activities and contributing to the planning monitoring and evaluation of sessions.  The role requires you to supervise and safeguard young people in a youth work setting, adhering to Bolton Council polices, procedures and guidance.

About You

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and approachable with the ability to communicate effectively with young people aged 13-17. You will have some experience of working with young people and be willing to get involved with a variety of activities such as sports, arts and crafts, games and project work. The candidate will be able to demonstrate patience and tolerance and have the ability to work with challenging young people.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. 

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.  

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.