EASTSIDE YOUTH
#YouthWorkChangesLives
Be part of an amazing team!
Eastside Youth is a brand new start-up youth charity, based in East London aiming to change the lives of young people and has been set up in response to the massive and severe funding cuts and closures of youth services across East London, leaving young people with lack of services and feeling isolated in a time where young people already feel segregated from society with no real voice.
#YouthWorkChangesLives and at Eastside Youth we aim to facilitate that change by giving young people based in East London the tools and skills to lead active and independent lives by providing interactive and engaging structured youth activities, training opportunities and support that will help improve their physical, mental, emotional, social and educational well-being.
We are recruiting a volunteer for the position of Youth Work Coordinator, who can plan, organise and deliver with the support of other volunteers and with the input of young people generic/universal youth work activities and programs open to all young people aged 11 to 19 years old in East London.
Duties Include:
1. Planning, organising and delivering generic/universal youth work activities and sessions for young people that are fun, interactive, engaging with elements of informal learning and development.
2. Ensuring the health and safety and wellbeing of all young people attending, including safeguarding.
3. Assisting in writing funding applications and doing fundraising for funds for Eastside Youth.
4. Promoting, flyering and publicising youth work activities and programs to attract young people to join us, including attending school assemblies and talking to young people around the areas we operate.
5. Attending internal/external meetings, training sessions and open evenings.
6. Filling in session recording forms and carrying out health and safety checks and Risk Assessments.
7. Other tasks required for the role.
People we are looking for:
1. Can do attitude.
2. Fantastic people skills (Friendly, Approachable, Confident in talking to young people).
3. Excellent time keeping and punctuality.
4. Organised and able to plan and deliver activities.
5. Good standard of reading and writing.
6. Excellent people and presentation skills.
7. Good understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding/child protection and equal opportunities.
8. Ability to commit evenings and occasional weekends in line with our core hours.
9. Ideally with youth work experience or qualification but not essential.
Eastside Youth Offers:
1. A great opportunity to join this new role and be part of an amazing team and culture, shaping a start-up organisation that will make a big impact in the community and to the lives of young people.
2. An opportunity to get hands on experience in a role that will look good on your CV and provide you with professional and personal development opportunities.
3. A reference for any future employer or training course.
4. An opportunity to be part of a youth work organisation and community, making a difference to young peoples lives and the wider community.
5. So much more than just a volunteer role.
CLOSING DATE: Monday 1st May 2022, by 6pm.
To apply email us your CV and we will get in touch with further info and a short application form.
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