Youth Participation Officer (SC5)

Job Description

Job Title : Youth Participation Officer (SC5)
Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Claverings Industrial Estate, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £15.91

The role will:
• Ensure the voices of young people are heard and included in relation to decision making, policies, service development, enhancement, and review of the Enfield Youth Justice Service (YJS).
• Coordinate, support and deliver the YJS Young Consultants programme, supervising up to 6 Young Consultants per month and ensure the programme is link into the Youth Justice Service Management Board.
• Work collaboratively with YJS colleagues to encourage, engage and empower young people participate in the leadership programme to make positive change for themselves and their peers.
• Recruit and work with young people to develop an accessible and engaging monthly participation programme.
• Empower and encourage young people to participate in leadership programmes, volunteer their time and become active citizens in Enfield.
• Support young people to gain relevant skills to assess the quality of young people’s services across the borough.
• Enable young people to gain recognised skills and knowledge through their involvement in council led participation opportunities.
• To work together with young people to tackle inequality and make sure all opportunities for young people are inclusive
• Liaise with and report back to YJS regarding the quality of the service, young people’s issues, and service development. Writing reports and attend meetings.

Skills, Experience, Knowledge, Behaviours

Essential:

1. As a regular and intrinsic part of this role requires you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role. This role also requires you to be polite and courteous when conversing with the public.

2. A minimum of 2 years’ experience working, and positively engaging children and young people aged 11-19 particularly young people who are vulnerable.

3. Demonstrable experience of empowering young people to speak up and have their voice heard in a meaningful manner? Ability to coach and develop young people’s interpersonal skills and confidence through training and youth support.

4. Ability to develop positive relationship of trust with young people who may have additional needs and considered at risk of harm

5. Have good knowledge and experience to all aspects of youth work curriculum including participation and equality and diversity. Familiar with current legislation and Government policy related to young people and youth democratic services.

6. Experience of delivering one to one and group work interventions, information, advice and guidance for young people in a range of settings in response to their needs

7. Demonstrable strong interpersonal communication skills such as active listening, empathy, ability to constructively challenge and resolve conflict, solution focused skills, facilitation skills and clear writing skills.

8. Ability to work effectively with other professionals in a respectful and collaborative manner amd also

9. Youth work skills and experience or transferable youth work skills and willingness to learn and develop youth work skills

Qualifications & Professional registration criteria

Candidates: Please ensure you address these qualifications in your responses to the essential criteria, you will be expected to meet these requirements of the role and they will be explored with you at interview.

1. A qualification in Youth Work or equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or other relevant professional qualification