We are looking for a short term, full time or part time unpaid intern/volunteer over 3-6 months to join us as a Youth Worker, where you will plan, organise and deliver youth work activities and projects for young people aged between 11 and 19 years old in East London.
Join our new Youth Work Charity and help us make maximum impact in the lives of young people in East London.
#YouthWorkChangesLives
Eastside Youth is a new youth work charity, that started in January 2022 and is 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 aged 11 to 19 years old 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 need someone with excellent communication skills, who is approachable, friendly and solution focused, who is able to get things done with little supervision and who can work well alone or within a team, who is able to manage their own time and workloads and is able to help Eastside Youth as a new youth work charity make its mark in East London.
This role offers an amazing opportunity for someone interested in a youth work charity, a new start up charity, youth work or service delivery.
Duties Include:
1. Planning, organising and running activities and sessions for young people.
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 Eastside Youth and our activities and projects to attract young people to attend, including attending school assemblies and talking to young people around the area.
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. Bubbly, energetic and confident.
2. Can do attitude.
3. Fantastic people skills (Friendly, Approachable, Confident in talking to young people).
4. Excellent time keeping and punctuality.
5. Organised and able to plan and deliver activities.
6. Good standard of reading and writing.
7. Excellent people and presentation skills.
8. Good understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding/child protection and equal opportunities.
9. Ability to commit mostly in the evenings and on weekends.
Eastside Youth Offers:
1. A great opportunity to make this role your own and be part of an amazing team and organisational culture, shaping a new charity 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 great on your CV and provide you with professional and personal development opportunities.
3. A reference for any future employer or training course.
4. Joining us is so much more than just a volunteer role, you will be joining a family, a team, a community.
To apply email us your CV and we will get in touch with further info and a short application form. Also please let us know if you prefer the full time or part time option and for how long you are looking to join us.
CLOSING DATE: Monday 31st July 2022, at 6pm
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