Outreach and Detached Youth Support Worker

Are you passionate about improving the lives of young people? Do you have the confidence and enthusiasm to engage with young people in the community?
We are looking for a number of Outreach Youth Workers, who have the natural ability to build positive rapport with young people in the community. The role will include signposting young people 10 to 19 (up to 24 with SEND) to positive youth activities, delivering Extra Familial Harm Reduction workshops in schools & in the community, reducing community tensions through detached estate-based work.
We are especially interested in hearing from candidates who have a clean driving license and able to drive our Youth Bus and deliver youth bus sessions in areas identified as lacking youth provisions.

Various hours available Monday-Saturday
Usually between 12.00pm - 8.30pm- at various locations across the Borough of Enfield.
About Us:
Youth Development Service deliver Detached and outreach sessions in areas of the borough where youth violence and behaviour are causing concerns.
Through engaging with young people in the community, we aim:

- To reduce antisocial behaviour,
- To build positive relationships with young people associating in the area,
- Engage young people to attend their local youth clubs,
- Empower young people to become active citizens in their local neighbourhood/ community,
- Improve their life, social and vocational skills,
- Ensure young people succeed in education, employment, and training.

About The Role
Our Youth Bus is a mobile youth provision, it is an additional service provided by the Youth Development Service which enhances the current youth offer provided through the existing five youth centres and detached youth work.
It enables the Outreach & Detached youth team to reach out to more young people through deploying the bus to areas of needs and areas where there is limited youth provision. We recognise that not all young people may choose to come to one of our five youth centres and therefore it is important to bring youth provision to young people in their local communities.
The Youth Bus is equipped with state-of-the-art technology such as digital music, access to iPad/tablets, game consoles and free WIFI. Through the mobile youth provision young people have access to information, advice and guidance, free activities, advocacy, and early help support on their doorstep.
The mobile youth provision also has the capacity to deliver bespoke workshops, harm reduction campaigns and activities such as, sexual health clinics, substance misuse support and support in finding employment.

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That's why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we'd love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month paid sabbatical for Children's Social Workers