Youth & Community Worker – Teesdale

Do you have experience working with young people? Do you have a passion to help and motivate young people to reach their full potential? Are you looking for a fresh opportunity to join an inspiring community team? If you said yes, then we want to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 part time Youth & Community Workers to join YMCA Teesdale (part of YMCA North Tyneside). This role contributes to our youth work services in and around Teesdale. Our youth work sits alongside our community provision in the Teesdale area which includes our Community Cafe and Community Development Work.

Who are we?

YMCA North Tyneside is a Voluntary Sector Organisation undertaking youth and community programme work in areas of North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Teesdale. We are part of the worldwide YMCA movement, which started in London in 1844 and now has grown to become the world’s largest and oldest youth movement. Now more 175 years later YMCA is operating in 119 countries, with 64 million people reached annually around the world.

What do we do?

The role of our Youth & Community programme work is to reach out to young people in Barnard Castle and the surrounding area and provide them with a wide range of healthy and positive youth activities and support. In doing this, we seek to ensure young people have the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate their way through adolescence are support them to reach their full potential.

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate for these role will have experience of working with young people, ideally in the following areas: centre based/outreach youth work, community development or the health sector. Additionally, the ideal candidate will be self-motivated, able to follow direction from senior staff and possess the skills to engage and build relationships with young people who at times can be closed off or resistant to new people. An understanding and experience of facing challenging behaviours and ability to de-escalate situations which may arise. Must have a strong character with an ability to hold firm professional boundaries. A strong understanding of safeguarding and how it applies in this role, including the process of escalating concerns to the correct people within YMCA North Tyneside.

It would be great if you had a relevant youth work qualification however this is not essential.

The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, Reference Checks and a 6 month probationary period.

You will receive induction training, regular supervision, on-going personal development whilst working in a nurturing environment where staff are encouraged to learn and grow as individuals.

For further details on what we’re looking for you can contact us and we will provide a detailed Job Description and Person Specification.