Youth Worker

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College • Full-time • Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom • £20,965 - £21,952 / year • 3h ago

Youth Worker

£20,965 - £21,952

Package

We offer great holidays and access to the Local Government Pension

We offer great staff development opportunities

Family friendly policies and procedures

Do you want to inspire and support the next generation?

Are you looking for a new challenge with excellent benefits?

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College is one of the largest and most successful colleges in the region. The College understands the importance of recruiting talented and passionate staff that are central to all College achievements and are the driving force in the success of our learners.

The Position: We’re looking for a Youth Worker. 37 Hours per week, 28 weeks per year

NWSLC are recruiting an enthusiastic Youth Worker to develop and deliver a range of activities and services for all students to access across the college week. This will involve creating Enrichment timetables of sessions that learners can undertake during gaps in their college day to enrich their college experience, as well as awareness events that fall in line with the college calendar e.g. Black History Month.

What skills are we looking for:

Hold a Youth Community qualification at L2 or similar or willing to achieve
Recent experience working in an educational establishment

An ability to relate effectively to people of all ages and backgrounds and have excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities for the role:

To ensure there is a positive and friendly community spirit amongst the students by helping to create a safe, welcoming and healthy environment.
To develop and deliver a range of activities and services suitable for all students.
Drive forward the continuous development of qualitative student experience provision including student engagement and inclusion.

The Location: The post is based at Nuneaton Campus.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Sian Cooper at sian.cooper@nwslc.ac.uk

Why Should You Apply?

The pay range we’re offering is £20,965 - £21,952
Access to local government pension scheme with a generous Employer Pension contribution
We offer great staff development opportunities
Family friendly policies and procedures

**As part of the application process, you’ll be asked to complete a series of shortlisting questions. To strengthen your application, we recommend linking your answers directly to the person specification outlined in the job description.**

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager.

We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees. We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references’.

'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications.'

Shortlisting Process -

Each question is scored by a minimum of 2 people on the interview panel. Those applicants with the highest overall score and meet the essential criteria for the role, will progress through to the interview stage and then their application form will be considered too