🚀 Senior Youth and Community Worker – North Shields

Senior Youth and Community Worker – North Shields

£14.45 per hour

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate individual to join our Youth and Community team as a Senior Youth and Community Worker located at Church Way in North Shields. If you are passionate about leading inclusive programmes and helping young people thrive, we encourage you to apply

View the full job description here.

🌟 Is This Role for You?

• Do you have experience delivering youth and/or community work, including outreach work?
• Are you able to use a “youth first”, creative, and innovative approach to keep delivery fresh, relevant and engaging?
• Do you have a passion for working within an organisation guided by Christian values, believing everyone has potential?

If you answered yes, we want to hear from you!

✅ What Will You Be Doing?

As a Senior Youth and Community Worker, you will lead the delivery of inclusive programmes across North Tyneside, balancing traditional youth work with innovative, person-centred activities, Your main responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and delivering a weekly programme of high-quality, varied and safe youth work, including face-to-face, street-based, school-based and centre-based work.
• Coordinating and delivering a community offer that serves the needs of the community, exploring the current and potential needs of the most vulnerable.
• Coordinating the delivery of the ‘Y Bus’ mobile youth provision to extend our reach and enhance community engagement.

🔑 What Skills and Experience Do You Need?

To be successful in this rewarding role, it is essential that you have:

• A Youth and Community Work Qualification and essential Safeguarding training.
• Proven experience in youth/community delivery, outreach work, safeguarding vulnerable individuals, and team coordination.
• Excellent communication and IT skills, with the ability to manage complex, confidential information with absolute integrity.
• A Full UK Driving Licence and a willingness to drive our YMCA Mobile Offer.
• A flexible approach to working hours, covering 37.5 hours per week including evenings and some weekends.

🚀 Ready to Apply?

If you feel this is the perfect opportunity to make a positive impact and you bring the energy and skills we’re looking for, please click here to apply and start your journey with YMCA North Tyneside!

Please note: This post requires proof of right to work in the UK, satisfactory references, and a satisfactory enhanced DBS Disclosure (the cost of which will be met by the employer).

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