Youth Worker

Seven Social Care is looking for a Youth Worker to fill an exclusive opportunity With Tower Hamlets Council.

 We have opportunities available for up to 12 months and the pay is £22.30 per hour.

 The Hiring manager is looking for someone who can work 35 hours a week (various shifts available from Monday to Sunday).

The role:

As a Youth Worker, you’ll need to have a can-do attitude and a passion for engaging within the community and providing a creative 21st-century youth work offer for children and young people. We’re looking for someone who young people want to be around – approachable, understanding, and able to inspire and motivate them to achieve their goals.

Key Responsibilities:

To promote and safeguard the welfare of young people.

To support and work in partnerships to maximise the opportunities for young people.

Working directly with young people to support their personal and social development, improved emotional well-being and resilience and reduce barriers to access positive life choices, learning and employment and prevent escalation to specialist services.

To promote and develop the active involvement of young people in the design and evaluation of services and ensure young people have voice and influence, actively seek their views support their decision making.

To promote and develop the voice and influence of young people and to actively seek their views and support their decision making.

To work with colleagues from a range of services, as part of the locality Early Help Delivery Model, to improve outcomes for young people.

To ensure that risks are minimised, and that risks and safety issues are reported to the Senior Youth Work Lead.

Acts as a champion for young people’s participation, voice and influence and promoting a positive profile of young people.

If this role is something you’d be interested in or available to undertake, please could you reply to this email with your CV ASAP? Alternatively, if this role would not be suitable for you but you know someone who may be interested then please feel free to share my contact details.

Seven also run a referral scheme – if you know anyone looking for this type of work then please put them in touch, and we can pay you £250 once they are placed and have worked 100 hours!