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Job Title: Youth Engagement Worker
Organisational level: Staff Team
Managerially & professionally accountable to: Education Manager
Responsible for: No line management responsibilities
Grade/Pay: Band B, scale point 18 to 24 (£26,537 - £31,687)
Contract: Fixed Term for 1 Year
Hours: Flexible, mostly within 8.30am-4.30pm weekdays. All working patterns considered, including term time only or job-shares. Between 0 – 30 hours available.
Base: Hybrid – Remote/Yellow Door (YD) as main base in Southampton with travel required across Southampton, Portsmouth and Hampshire. You will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
CONTEXT OF JOB
Do you want to be part of an amazing charity that is quite literally changing lives for the better in the Southampton area? Yellow Door has a team of around 100 staff and volunteers, working together to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual abuse. We provide a diverse and innovative range of services to local people of all ages and genders. Last year we engaged with over 10,000 young people through our education outreach STAR Project.
We are looking for someone who will use their skills, experience, and creative flair to support Yellow Door’s aim to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual abuse. You will use your creativity to deliver Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) programmes for young people. You will have experience of engaging and motivating young people particularly when discussing sensitive subject matter for example domestic and sexual abuse.
We are committed to ensuring our workforce at Yellow Door is truly representative of our local community. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive place of work, where differences are celebrated and every person feels they belong and has something to contribute. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants for all parts of our rich and diverse community, particularly those from underrepresented groups.
PURPOSE OF JOB
- To provide education outreach sessions to young people on topics relating to RSE.
- To design and develop current educational content relating to issues impacting children and young people.
- To raise awareness of the services available to support physical and emotional wellbeing.
- To take a proactive and innovative approach to developing and maintaining the standards and systems of good practice within the STAR programme.
KEY DUTIES
- Design and deliver creative and innovative Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) programmes mainly for young people and some adult groups. This is mostly in schools, colleges and youth settings.
- Take responsibility on particular projects such as developing sessions that target and engage with specific groups, in consultation with the STAR Project Manager.
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Through the delivery of sessions, you will:
- Raise awareness of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and wider sex and relationship issues
- Facilitate the development of emotional wellbeing and skills to negotiate more mutual and non-coercive relationships.
- Support those affected to access the right support for their needs.
- Upskill partner agencies by delivering training and information to identified agencies and venues
- Keep up to date with current trends (research, guidance, media, social trends etc.) to ensure that session content is current and relevant to the communities we work with.
- Develop and maintain strong links with key stakeholders in local community services and vulnerable groups.
- Collect, collate and input, feedback/evaluations and data taken from all participants in sessions.
- Act on any safeguarding issues which arise with individuals in accordance with Yellow Door’s safeguarding policy
- Deliver a targeted outreach plan promoting the service, raising awareness across the community, attending key meetings and events.
- Develop and maintain links within the community; working with a range of diverse groups offering awareness raising sessions, tailored sessions and individual work as agreed and in line with funding requirements.
Person Specification
Key Qualifications, knowledge, experience, skills and abilities
Essential
Desirable
Passion for working with all young people
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Training and/or experience of working with young people
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Holder of a full driving license and access to a car for use at work.
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A relevant professional qualification e.g. in education, youth work, health, probation, social, community or other relevant fields
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The ability to deliver engaging workshops to small, medium or large groups of young people
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Experience of designing and delivering group work
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Excellent communication and presentation skills
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Knowledge of the current priorities and strategies to tackle violence against women and girls (including men and boys)
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Ability to work autonomously in school and education-based settings
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Ability and willingness to work in partnership, as part of team and commitment to working within the policies and ethos of the organisation
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Well-developed IT skills using MS Office packages; Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Availability to work flexible hours
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Experience of maintaining pro-active and collaborative alliances with colleagues, stakeholders and partners and working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
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Knowledge of RSE, an understanding of the impact of sexual abuse/ violence on young people including common issues, risks, gender stereotypes, challenges and effects.
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Skills in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and report writing demonstrating outcomes and learning
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Demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
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GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Health & Safety
All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, clients and the general public. It is the responsibility of all employees to work with managers to achieve a healthy and safe environment, to take reasonable care of themselves and others and to adhere to YD Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Safeguarding
All staff are required to be conscientious at all times with regard to our safeguarding responsibilities and to show commitment to promoting the welfare of all service users with a particular focus on integrated working and on putting the safety, wellbeing needs and rights of children and vulnerable adults at the centre of actions and decision making.
Equality & Diversity
It is the responsibility of all employees to support YD’s vision of promoting a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage wherever possible in service delivery and employment and to pro-actively develop, support and comply with YD’s Equalities policies and procedures within the scope of their role.
Information Governance
Yellow Door is committed to ensuring compliance with its data protection responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018 and any other similar data protection legislation. It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that all information, held manually or on computerised systems, related to clients, staff or visitors to which s/he has access during the course of their employment is regarded as strictly confidential
As an employee you will have access to information that is highly sensitive to either an individual or to the organisation and you are reminded that in accordance with YD policies and procedures, the requirements of GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and also the terms and conditions in your contract of employment, you have a duty to access, process and respect this information lawfully and in line with organisational protocols; failure to do so may result in disciplinary action
Participation
All staff are required to draw on their skills and experience to provide support to colleagues as requested as well as to participate constructively in team meetings, decision making, supervision and appraisal sessions and undertake professional development where required.
CPD
All staff are required to attend/undertake mandatory training, as well as keep updated any skills or qualifications that are relevant to their role at YD, including any membership of professional bodies.
Wellbeing
The postholder is expected to tolerate and manage appropriately what can occasionally be emotionally charged contact with clients and take individual responsibility for seeking assistance with any related concerns in order to remain professional, calm, reflective and empathic within their role.
Responsibility of role
The post holder is expected to comply with all YD policies, procedures and guidelines and uphold the values of YD at all times.
In any online activity, use of social media or engagement in social networks, employees should remain aware at all times of their association with YD and operate with due regard to their own safety. Any profile or content accessible to the public should be consistent with how you wish to present yourself to colleagues or clients and should also take into account your role as a representative of the organisation and its values.
It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their position for personal motives, gain, advantage or to further private business or other interests in the course of their duties. This includes forming working or personal relationships with clients and service users within two years of them leaving the service.
This job description seeks to provide an outline of the duties and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager. It is not a definitive document and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development or organisational change.
