Family Help Youth Workers

Walsall is implementing the Families First Programme, based on the National Children's Social Care Review and Stable Homes Built on Love. To do this we are creating a combined, multi-agency locality Family Help Service. A key part of this new service will be the development of a strong Adolescent Offer. We are expanding our targeted youth provision to support this work with the creation of 4x Family Help Youth Worker positions.

About the job

Councils have a statutory duty to provide a local youth offer for young people. In line with strengthened guidance published on 28 September 2023, local authorities are required to ensure that their local youth offer is responsive to the needs of young people.

The updated statutory guidance for local authorities provides greater clarity on what is required and specifies the need for high quality and effective practice provided by trained and qualified youth workers. The purpose of Youth work is to provide holistic support for children and young people which facilitates their wellbeing, social, and emotional development. It also promotes engagement with formal education and empowers young people to actively participate in their communities.

Family Help Youth Workers will work in partnership with other youth workers in their service to coordinate, deliver and oversee/manage targeted youth work programmes and support focused across the four localities within Walsall (although a borough-wide approach will generally be expected).

Post holders will undertake, coordinate, and deliver evidenced-based youth work and services through identified venues, including outreach, detached work, mobile multi-media youth bus, and youth participation (1-2-1 and group-work).They will enable children and young people to access a wide range of opportunities and receive information and support while targeting the most vulnerable children and young people with the greatest need. They will provide high-quality informal education, prevention, and early intervention opportunities for children and young people to help achieve their personal and social development, make informed decisions, have a place in their community, ensure their voice is at the centre of all youth work, reach their potential and make a successful transition to adulthood. They will work with and alongside the voluntary and community sector to maximise youth work resource and build capacity developing a strong youth offer in each of the localities across
Walsall.

This role sees you work flexibility, your focus will be meeting the needs of children and young people, which sometimes means this will be outside of 9-5.

We are looking for individuals who have experience of working with children, young people and their families.

We are looking for individuals who hold a Level 3 in Children & Young People Social Care, Youth Work or any relevant level 3 qualification

OR

Equivalent experience in youth work field, Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.

This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development., Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

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