Spartans Community Foundation is a charity and social enterprise in North Edinburgh, focusing on community engagement and participation and delivering social impact through the power of people and sport.
Job Title Full-Time Youth Worker
Responsible to Senior Youth Worker
Liaises with All Foundation employees, customers, partners and volunteers
Location Spartans Community Foundation, Ainslie Park, 94 Pilton Drive, Edinburgh EH5 2HF
Salary £24,570
Job Purpose:
Deliver and develop a high-quality face to face youth work service aimed at meeting the needs of children & young people through informal activity-based sessions within youth clubs and primary schools.
The Spartans Community Foundation has recently opened a £1.4m purpose-built Education and Youth Work space. It is an exciting time for us to increase our impact and reach and support more children and young people in North Edinburgh. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced individual with a wide range of skills and experiences to join our vibrant and dedicated Youth Work team.
The successful candidates will work with children and young people aged 7 -16 years from across our North Edinburgh community.
Key Responsibilities
- To develop relationships with young people based on mutual trust & respect (Building the Bridge of Trust).
- To deliver direct face to face work with young people in existing & new youth work provision.
- To encourage the involvement of young people in the planning and evaluation of programmes.
- To assist with service development by contributing to planning, delivery, and monitoring.
- To develop reflective practice and attend supervision as required.
- To assist in the development of programmes that promote equal opportunities and inclusive environments.
- To deliver a range of fun, engaging activities suitable for various age ranges.
- To use a wide range of resources to effectively engage with all young people.
- To ensure health and safety is always maintained to the required standards.
- To carry out any other duties as required, including the possibility of residential trips, holiday programmes as required.
- To deliver youth work sessions both 1-1 and small groups within a local primary school. (Shadowing/training available re this)
- To engage in partnership working to deliver collaborative youth work.
Skills Required
- Experience of working with & developing trusting relationships with children & young people aged 7-25 years old.
- Ability to communicate effectively with young people and the ability to motivate and engage them positively.
- Experience of working with & developing trusting relationships with hard-to-reach young people.
- Experience of delivering & developing youth work in a variety of settings.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on your own initiative with minimum supervision.
- Knowledge of issues facing young people within our community.
- Understanding of child protection issues and willing to undergo further training.
- An understanding of the needs of socially excluded young people.
- A high level of professionalism in the workplace, including maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Reliability & good time keeping.
Key Competencies:
Productivity - Plans work carefully, makes effective use of time available, reprioritising as necessary, consistently delivers work of high quality on time, makes timely decisions, and approaches tasks in a systematic manner.
Adaptability - Is open to latest ideas and suggestions, suggests new and innovative ways of working, show a positive approach to change, demonstrates a flexible approach when dealing with other, and keeps calm when faced with unexpected problems.
Taking Action - Demonstrates a keen sense of ownership for work, shows resilience when working under pressure, consistently strives to meet targets, rises to meet tough challenges, and attempts to solve problems before seeking help (adopting a can-do mindset).
Delivering Customer Impact - Understands customer needs, responds quickly to changing customer needs and/or anticipates customer needs, identifies ways to improve customer service, takes responsibility for sorting out customer problems, and keeps customers informed of developments.
Working with Others (internal & external) - Collaborates effectively with others, develops positive relationships with others, actively takes part in team activities, is supportive of colleagues, builds trust, and treats everyone as an individual (honours uniqueness).
Communicates with a Presence - Is always present with others, manages personal FOE factor, listens to understand others and checks for understanding around their MAP of the world, communicates key and relevant information to others, talks with enthusiasm and confidence, and adapts communication style depending on who they are talking to.
Contributes with Authenticity - Tries to conduct work in an ethical and fair way, acts with integrity, willing to be vulnerable and fail, to take calculated risks, speaks openly and honestly about problems and challenges, and aspires to be a positive role-model - adopts a 'big heart, small head' approach.
Always Learning - Spots and takes opportunities to develop own skills and knowledge, evaluates the impact of actions and initiatives (e.g., composes win/learn/change reviews), takes time to self-reflect on own behaviours and effectiveness, applies new knowledge and skills to be more effective and shares own learning with colleagues.
Working Requirements
37.5 hours per week
Staff development and training events as required.
Working pattern is Tuesday - Saturday which will include a Friday evening.
Benefits
- Living Wage Employer
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff uniform (Macron Kit Allowance)
- On-site parking
- Company pension scheme
- 30 days annual leave plus, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day as public holidays.
- Training and Development opportunities.
- Free access for employees' children to Football Development Department holiday and football programmes.
To apply, please send us a covering letter outlining why you believe you are suitable for the role and why you would like to be considered along with an up-to-date CV. All applications should be sent via e-mail to deanshanks@spartanscf.com by the closing date of 5pm on Monday 29th of September. Interviews from 2nd October. The Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer, with all offers subject to references and an enhanced DBS check.
Find out more about the organisation
If you require any additional information, with regards to the above post, please contact our, Social Impact Manager, Dean Shanks on 0131 552 7854.